BSBI Spring Conference
Everyone interested in recording and identifying plants is very welcome to the BSBI Spring Conference 2022. We will have an inspiring programme of talks, workshop and a panel session on Saturday 26th March - all online and recorded so you can view them later (or again). All you need is a broadband connection and you’re there – no travelling!
Draft Programme
| Time | Talk Title | Speaker |
| 10.00 | Welcome | Chris Miles, Chair BSBI Board of Trustees |
| 10.10 | Botanical Highlights of the Fens | Owen Mountford, Fenland Flora Project & UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| 10.40 | Recording the urban flora | Professor Ian C. Trueman, Emeritus Professor in Plant Ecology, University of Wolverhampton |
| 11.10 | Break | |
| 11.30 | BSBI Recording Projects | Jim McIntosh, BSBI Scottish Officer |
| 12.00 | Rare arable plants | Dr Elizabeth Cooke, Conservation Advisor with Plantlife |
| 12.30 | Checklists, Floras, RPRs & Site Registers | Jonathan Shanklin, Chair of the BSBI Committee for England |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| 13.45 | Identifying the three Whitlow-grasses | Paul Green, BSBI Irish Officer |
| 14.15 | Conserving Oblong Woodsia | Aline Finger, RBGE |
| 14.45 | Question & Answer Session | Panel: Micheline Sheehy Skeffington, BSBI President-elect, Lindsay Mackinlay, Chair of the BSBI Committee for Scotland, Chris Metherell, ex BSBI President, Fred Rumsey, Natural History Museum |
| 15.20 | Thanks | Lynne Farrell, BSBI President |
| 15.30 | Close |
Charges
Registration is essential but there is no fee. However we would be delighted if you would make an donation to help with our organisation and administrative costs. The donation is entirely optional - you can edit the suggested amount and replace it with anything from £0 to £100 or more!
Personal details
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Recording
The conference will be recorded and the talks uploaded to BSBI YouTube shortly afterwards.
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Image Credit
Thank you very much to Kate Gold who provided the excellent photograph of Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) at Plumpton in East Sussex which was an entry to the Plants in the landscape category of the 2017 BSBI Photographic Competition.