Last weekend was the Scottish Botanists Conference, run by
the BSBI (Botanical Society of Britain
and Ireland). In previous years, I have gone to the Botanic Gardens in
Edinburgh and attended in person but this year it was all done by Zoom. This
had the disadvantage of not being able to meet people, but on the plus side
everything was recorded and will be available to watch on YouTube. Not everything has been uploaded yet.
The webpage is at https://scottishbotanistsconference.org/
The YouTube channel is:
https://www.youtube.com/c/BotanicalSocietyofBritainandIreland/videos
There are lots of other videos to watch there as well, quite
a few on identifying different plants; Grasses, sedges, etc
The four online
workshops are listed below:
Introduction to the BSBI Database – Chris Metherell, BSBI
Introduction to Conifer ID – Matt Paratt, Forest Research
Starting out with Lichen identification – Rebecca Yahr, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
& British Lichen Society
Introduction to Winter Tree Id –Mark Duffell, Arvensis Ecology & BSBI
Training & Education
I found the workshops very interesting,
especially as it suggested activities that could be carried out over the winter
when there are few flowers out. Newtonmore has plenty of trees and lichens so that will give me something to do when I am out walking.
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