NOTICES
NOTICES FROM THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
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n updated List of Members will be available soon on the members only section of the BSBI website (bsbi.org/members [password protected]), correct to the end of 2020. If any member without internet access would like a printed copy of the end of year List, please send me a stamped (£1.40) addressed label or envelope (C5 size or larger). When sending change of address details please remember to give your membership number or your old address, especially postcode and include any new phone number. Following Brexit, it might be useful if all Irish members would please let me have their Eircode, if they have not done so already. If you don’t know it, visit https://finder.eircode.ie/#/ to find out.
Gwynn Ellis
BSBI Membership Secretary gwynn.ellis@bsbi.org
FIELD MEETINGS 2021
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e have attempted to arrange a varied programme of field meetings for 2021 and these are listed in the Yearbook and on the Field meetings and indoor events web page. There are also a few indoor meetings, which at least at the beginning of the year will be held by Zoom. The web page may show additional meetings to those listed in the Yearbook, so it is worth a visit, particularly as it allows you to sort meetings according to your requirements. The coronavirus pandemic adds considerable uncertainty as to whether and where meetings will be able to go ahead and I fear that it is almost inevitable that some will have to be cancelled. We will flag these as soon as possible on the web page and if you have booked, the organiser will contact you. The coronavirus guidelines differ from county to county and between countries, so it will be very important to follow your local guidance, even when a meeting might be permitted in the host county. If there is any uncertainty it is best to play safe and simply enjoy your local flora – there are always new finds to be made locally and your Vice-county Recorder will be delighted when you turn up something surprising.
Jonathan Shanklin
Hon. Field Meetings Secretary jdsh@bas.ac.uk
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BSBI NEWS 146 | January 2021
NEW YEAR PLANT HUNT
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y the time you read this, our tenth New Year Plant Hunt will be over and we’ll be hard at work analysing the results, a summary of which will appear in the April issue of BSBI News. The full analysis and the press release will be available here: www.bsbi. org/new-year-plant-hunt. Meanwhile, head over to our results page: www.nyph.bsbi.org/results.php to view the longest lists, the most frequently recorded taxa and the map showing all the locations where you recorded wild or naturalised plants in bloom at New Year.
Louise Marsh
louise.marsh@bsbi.org
OPT IN TO OUR NEW MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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e have just launched a new eNewsletter to keep members and supporters updated on BSBI projects, activities, fundraising, news and events. It will arrive in your Inbox in the middle of each month but in order to receive it, you need to opt in by signing up here: bsbi.org/email-signup. Why not try it out and if you don’t like it, just click the Unsubscribe button at the foot of each issue and you won’t receive any more issues.
Louise Marsh
louise.marsh@bsbi.org
BSBI’S FIRST VIRTUAL ANNUAL EXHIBITION MEETING
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he 2020 Annual Exhibition Meeting was held on Saturday 21st November and for the first time ever, it was a virtual event which attracted c. 400 people over the course of the day. We featured eleven talks focused on how BSBI members and partners have responded to lockdown. We heard from award-winning journalist Isabel Hardman about how nature helped her mental health and from Fal Sarker about botany for the visually-impaired; we enjoyed updates on projects such as Plant Alert, More Than Weeds, the National Plant Monitoring Scheme and the Garden Wildflower Hunt; and we heard about plant apps around the world and about the recent book ‘Britain’s Orchids’ which features BSBI maps. Attendees also enjoyed a virtual herbarium tour with the Natural History Museum’s
