Imogen Radford

A selection of 'Private property - keep out' signs seen on a 5km walk along the River Dart near Buckfast, Dartmoor.

A selection of 'Private', 'No entry' and 'No trespassing' signs seen on a 5km walk along the River Dart near Buckfast, Dartmoor.

Today 25 of us went trespassing along the River Dart near Buckfast. In just 5km we walked through woodlands and along riverbanks owned by 4 different landowners who don't want the public on their land (including the monks at Buckfast Abbey). It's time for a right to roam! @righttoroam.bsky.social

The government must know this line is nonsense. Yet still keep repeating it.

Nine river walks & three forests won't change the postcode lottery on access to nature. Even where these initiatives are happening they're so far only upgrading the existing infrastructure, not creating new access at all.

Look forward to it, can we hear it earlier so can get most chances to look?

One of my favourite, saw a few earlier on the week, #signsofspring definitely!

Missed #wildflowerhour, but this is one of my #signsofspring this week - enough garlic mustard leaves around to make pesto! Would be good to get next challenge earlier in week if possible, so can grab chance to go out to look?

Work to help my Flora Guardian plant Creeping Marshwort in Norfolk. Needs all the help it can get, Endangered status.

Whether it’s a first Lesser Celandine flower of the year or Elder leaves unfurling. The first #WildflowerHour challenge of the year is to spot #SignsOfSpring! Share your finds this Sunday 8-9pm. Below is the link if you would like to record your #NaturesCalendar sightings ⬇️ @bsbibotany.bsky.social

In Suffolk and Norfolk we call them marabellas. I identify them by knowing they had plums last year and previous years! I guess also because they are the earliest perhaps?

Plants are fantastic (and why you should try and see 100 plants in 2026) YouTube video by Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

Might be useful for #WildflowerHour ? Excellent webinars about plants from BSBI – first one now on YouTube – really worth watching! For the 100 plants challenge, www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0WA...

#TheWinter10 (actually 27/28 altogether) in mid Norfolk! 1: Bittercress – not good pic, not sure which – very common now, cherry plum, Red Campion, Hazel male & female, crocus, a ragwort on a wall, Alexanders, white comfrey, and a grass, sorry no idea about that one #wildflowerID #WildflowerHour

#TheWinter10 (actually 27/28 altogether) in mid Norfolk! 2: Lesser celandine, winter heliotrope, daisy, primrose, white dead nettle, red dead nettle, aconite, snowdrop, daffodils #WildflowerHour

#TheWinter10 (actually 27/28 altogether) in mid Norfolk! 3: gorse, dog mercury, speedwell, dandelion, violet (not sure if Sweet), groundsel, petty spurge, shepherd’s purse, chickweed #WildflowerHour

#Wildflowerhour was started over ten years ago to promote the amazing work of the BSBI which is why it is focused on Britain and Ireland. If you are based in a different region why not start your own using a different hashtag 😀

It’s great to see lots of new followers & interaction with #wildflowerhour! 🥰 If you are new it’s so easy to join in! Find wild or naturalised blooms (not planted ones) from across Britain & Ireland & share during the magic hour Sunday’s 8-9pm when we have a proper planty party!! 🎉🌿🌸

Tiny plants/mosses for #WildflowerHour

Lovely, I've got some like that!

Thanks for both. Not a very good photo, but it looked like the sort that springs up on the allotment and tastes nice! I'll have another look at it in the week

is this petty spurge ? #WildflowerID - looking rather slug damaged

I forgot the landcress, Barbarea verna

My #TheWinter10 (actually 15 altogether) in mid Norfolk!
Sweet violet, daisy, gorse, green alkanet, dandelion, red dead nettle and chickweed, petty spurge ?? (#WildflowerID) looking rather slug damaged, speedwell #WildflowerHour

Managed to find not only #TheWinter10 but actually 15 altogether in mid Norfolk! First 5: snowdrop, crocus, aconite, celandine, primrose #WildflowerHour

9 images of flowers

late post: Snowdrops, aconites, daffodils, red dead nettle, white dead nettle, groundsel, celandine, chickweed, speedwell, shepherd's purse. Sat 14 Feb, Oxburgh Hall, Oxborough and around. #WildflowerHour #TheWinter10

We're trialling something new this year at the BSBI - an activity designed to support absolute beginner botanists with identifying *and* recording their first ever 100 plants in 2026 🌿

If you know anyone that might like to take part then please spread the word:

bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

All Hail The Saint Is Lord Benyon’s 14,000 acre estate an access-to-nature nirvana? That’s the claim of Patrick Galbraith’s new book, Uncommon Ground. Let's investigate.

Is this 14,000 acre estate in West Berkshire an access-to-nature nirvana? Patrick Galbraith thinks so. This week he took @righttoroam.bsky.social to task for its criticism of the Englefield Estate, owned by the former Conservative Minister in charge of.. access to nature.

I explore the reality 👇

Our Land Trailer YouTube video by MetFilm Distribution

This May sees the release of Our Land - a feature length documentary film about the Right to Roam campaign, directed by Orban Wallace.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=est-...

Wonderful. I saw a big clump in a ditch recently and was very cheered by the sight, along with nearby field with over 100 fieldfares!

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour seen today: lots of snowdrops!

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour seen today: red dead nettle, aconite, hazel catkin (with ladybird), alder catkin

Good web conference on recreational disturbance issues in the outdoors today. Lots of common ground, still some philosophical gulfs to bridge.

A few takeaways.

-the reason many of our protected SSSIs exist is *because* the land was originally protected for access. That's why the two often overlap.

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How to trespass: It often doesn’t come naturally - we’re conditioned to stick to paths, obey signs, and respect boundaries. We’re going back to basics to share core principles for roaming respectfully and interacting with the world around you with care.