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The front cover of this BSBI Handbook shows a solitary whitebeam on a heather-covered hillside, with the sea behind
Thumbnail photos of the 16-strong judging panel in the 2026 Botanical Photographer of the Year competition
The cover of the Scottish Newsletter shows a clump of the purple-flowered Trailing Azalea on a hilltop in East Ross. Image by Alex Liddle.
Two of our friendly tutors: they are all happy to share plant ID tips with you
Volunteer member Ryan at an outreach event, showing a child how to identify a wild flower
Images of some native British wildflowers, such as Lady's-Slipper orchid and Bluebell, that we think would look gorgeous on one of the new Bank of England banknotes!
BSBI volunteers visit a species-rich site to record the plants growing there and share plant identification tips
A gleaming green beetle sits on the pink flower of a Thrift plant
Purple flowers of Bugle, a wild plant typical of damp meadows/ acid grassland
A child, silhouetted against the late afternoon sun in Cambridgeshire, blows seed of Great Reedmace into the air. Image by Edward Burden
Wildflowers bloom on the edge of a gardener's lawn, where a patch has been left unmown for No Mow May
Front cover of Welsh Bulleting spring issue shows several yellow Globeflowers at their last remaining site in Carmarthenshire
Close-up of cherry blossom blooming against a blue sky in springtime
A purple orchid blooms near the shore at Barleycove in the west of Ireland
Two female botanists stand by a lake, with grassland behind; they are smiling, holding aquatic plants they have fished out of the lake for identification
The female part of a Geranium flower is magnified through a handlens
Composite image showing various leaf shapes
Drawing of half a Holly leaf
A green aquatic plant with opposite leaves, surrounded by water and a few floating petals of another aquatic plant, Water-crowfoot
The yellow flowers of American Skunk-cabbage bloom in the bog garden at RHS Harlow Carr
Young man sitting in field with plant ID books, recording wild flowers in the sunshine
Botanists walk through a plant-filled landscape on Midsummer's Day, beneath a setting sun