It's the final day of the Spring Week Hunt. What flowering plants did you find?
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It's the final day of the Spring Week Hunt. What flowering plants did you find?
Rustyback Fern Asplenium ceterach on a 19th century brick wall. It has pinnately-divided, tongue-shaped leaves growing as a tuft.
Rustyback Fern growing next to Wall-rue Fern on a brick wall.
Out recording Spring flower activity today at Bungay (Suffolk) @wildflowersociety.bsky.social. Agreeable company with impressive skill-set. My top find was Rustyback Fern (Asplenium ceterach) - not much of a flower but a first for me.
Violets flowering among grass and fallen leaves
Who's seen some Spring flowers this weekend? Did you find any last entries for the Winter Months Hunt yesterday or are you starting the Spring Week Hunt today?
The annual Presidents Award is made by @bsbibotany.bsky.social & @wildflowersociety.bsky.social Presidents to "the most useful contribution to the understanding of the flowering plants & ferns of Britain & Ireland".
The 2025 Award goes to Alys Fowler for her book Peatlands:
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On this wet weekend, why not enjoy our online meeting archive on YouTube? Recent additions include talks on rare plants of Sussex, and urban botany. youtu.be/qjwU0RnELhc?...
A group of people with umbrellas and wearing raincoats
A group of people looking into a river to see aquatic plants
A fern with very large leaves
Day two of our members' weekend, and it would take more than a spot of British weather to stop this intrepid band of botanists! Lots of aquatic plants and ferns today, including the impressive Royal fern (hand for scale!)
A room with people in a meeting
A display of photographs of plants
Now it's down to business with our AGM, to be followed by more botany in the form of a talk, plant quiz and exhibition of photographic competition entries.
A hybrid goat's-beard flower with purple outer rays and yellow centre.
We had a wonderful field meeting this morning, seeing lots of plants including the beautiful Hybrid goat's-beard, Tragopogon x mirabilis.
A group of people looking at plants at the edge of a car park
Two people looking closely at a plant by a bollard
Starting our annual members' weekend, in Taunton this year. How many plants will we find before we even get out of the car park?
The rather stunning form of Small-flowered Catchfly, Silene gallica var. quinquevulnera, at Gorey, Jersey, one of many highlights of a splendid week with @wildflowersociety.bsky.social #wildflowerhour #pinkfamily
Breckland Speedwell, Veronica praecox
Fingered Speedwell, Veronica triphyllos
Non-flowering Spring Speedwell, Veronica verna
Breckland Speedwell, Veronica praecox (left), Fingered Speedwell, V. triphyllos (top right), and non-flowering Spring Speedwell, V. verna (bottom right). All seen during the fabulous @wildflowersociety.bsky.social meeting at Weeting Heath today. #WildflowerHour
A lesser celandine flower
The Spring week hunt is for plants found in flower during the first 7 days in March. Are you taking part this year? What flowers have you found so far?
Our latest online meeting video is now available on catch-up: Chris Metherell talks about Linnaeus and his contribution to botany. youtu.be/lYk43ZgcLas?...
The Wild Flower Society encourages people to appreciate and learn about our local flora in Britain and Ireland, but occasionally we enjoy hearing about plants from further afield, too. You can see Peter Llewellyn's talk on the wild flowers of Turkey on our YouTube channel youtu.be/7V85eG5D-Tw?...
The first of our Introduction to Botany talks by Karen Van Oostrum is now available to watch on YouTube: youtu.be/dzUumXm4sGk?...