#BSBISpringConference kicking off with the first talk. Clare Heardman talking about rare and interesting plants of West Cork. Looking forward to the day! BSBI Ireland BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
#BSBISpringConference . Next up, a talk by Phoebe O'Brien, discussing the different invasive plant species that occur in Ireland. Lots of lovely talks today! BSBI Ireland BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
Fascinating talk by Philip Keena from ATU MFRC using underwater drones to survey for aquatic plants & finding rare charophytes w/Cillian Roden in Connemara. #BSBISpringConference
Inspiring talk by Donncha Ó Catháin on refinding Fern records in Clare from old historic records. Gr8 example of refinding Killarney Fern recorded by botanist Corry frm 1880 who sadly died at age of 23 out in field 😞. Refinds can tell us abt change. #BSBISpringConference
Great talks today at #BSBISpringConference 2024 great to see what everyone BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland are doing 👍🌿 thanks for having me as a speaker great to share what I did with PeAT Lakes Project ATU MFRC using drones for macrophyte surveys 👍 go to hydrone.ie 🌊🐟
Excellent talk by Phoebe O'Brien on Biodiversity Ireland invasive plant species guide available to buy & lessons learned. See pics. Also new book co-written by Phoebe coming at Xmas on invasive plants of Britain and Ireland. #BSBISpringConference
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Collection of main dandelion groups. Now is the time to get out and learn some
Only 6 hours left to book for #BSBISpringConference on Sat so please RT & spread the word! It's free & we have 10 great talks lined up for you
Donncha Ó Catháin Paula O'Meara Micheline Sheehy Skeffington Alexis FitzGerald Glengarriff Woods NR Oisín Ó Dubhthaigh Phoebe O'Brien Chris Peppiatt Maria Long Biodiversity Ireland
Great whistlestop tour of the interesting plants of #WestCork from Clare Heardman of Glengarriff Woods NR St the #BSBISpringConference
Some fantastic aquatic-themed talks at #BSBISpringConference : from the exciting West Cork refind of Ireland's rarest plant, to cutting edge work with aquatic drones, and of course a sneak preview of our own upcoming #AquaticPlantProject events! BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland NBG Ireland
Interesting talk from Owen Mountford on the flora of Fenland. The #BSBISpringConference getting off to an interesting start.
It's interesting to see that Wicken Fen is still the best site for plants. But we could look to expand the interest into the wider countryside.
Bookings for #BSBISpringConference close tonight...so be quick and visit bsbi.org/irish-conferen… if you'd like to come along and find out what's new in Irish botany! Its all free too. BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland NBG Ireland National Parks and Wildlife Service Oonagh Duggan Micheline Sheehy Skeffington Olly Lynch Milner Phoebe O'Brien
Well look what arrived today... BSBI Ireland’s
annual Irish Botanical News! Just in time to catch up on what’s been happening before the #BSBISpringConference
Eighteen fabulous BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland events are happening across Ireland this summer, kicking off with the #BSBISpringConference in Dublin on April 20, with field meetings from Co Down to E.Cork and everywhere in between! And look out for the #AquaticPlantProject programme, coming soon!
If you are fond of fumitories & you'll be in Dublin next weekend, do book for our #BSBISpringConference ! Paul BSBI Ireland will be running a Fumitory workshop.
It's all free, you just need to book: tickettailor.com/events/botanic…
We are just heading into the final part of today's #BSBISpringConference and it's a botanical Q&A session featuring:
former #BSBIPresident Chris Metherell,
President-elect Micheline Sheehy Skeffington,
Fred Rumsey from NHM Botany
& Lindsay Mackinlay, Chair of BSBI Committee for Scotland.
Today's #BSBISpringConference just ended & we'd like to say THANK YOU to host/organiser BSBI Scotland, to Chairs Sarah Watts & Chris Miles, to speakers Owen Mountford, Ian Trueman, Elizabeth Cooke, Jonathan Shanklin, @AlineFinger1 & BSBI Ireland & to everyone who donated/attended!
Once today's #BSBISpringConference is over, why not follow Dr Richard Bate's advice, because (as the song goes) there's nothing so nice, as messing about on the river ;-)
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