Leicester Botany Group
An urban botany group for Leicester was launched in January 2024. The group is administered by BSBI County Recorder Russell Parry and BSBI Communications Officer Louise Marsh.
If you would like to be added to the group's mailing list, please email LeicesterBotany@gmail.com. We also have a WhatsApp group, so please include your phone number if you'd also like to be added to that.
Here is the Leicester Botany Group Info Sheet July 2024 - it sets out how we operate and has some helpful links and resources, including some interesting stats about Leicester's plants.
Our next excursion will be our New Year Plant Hunt on 29 December 2024, details here - all welcome!
Local Resources
Click on the link to download a recording card optimised for VC55 (2024 update).
NatureSpot has photographic galleries of local species and identification tips, plus information about local sites.
Leicestershire publications
The Flora of Leicestershire & Rutland: Checklist and Rare Plant Register by Michael Jeeves; available from Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust.
The Flora of Groby Parish, Martinshaw Wood and Sheet Hedges, by Edith Hesselgreaves, 1973. Digitised by Stephen Woodward.
