While Covid-19 continues to impact severely on our lives and sadly continues to threaten and end lives, there may be safer days ahead and the safety of staff, members and others remains our top priority.
Now that legal regulations are set to be lifted in England and other countries may well follow soon, there is a shift towards giving advice and the onus being upon individual responsibility to reduce transmission of the virus. Since the situation may well be fluid for some time to come, our existing guidance remains in place as follows.
Field meetings have resumed, but remain subject to Government guidance specific to England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In addition we recommend continuing with social distancing at all events and wearing face-masks when indoors. We hope to be able to resume indoor events in the coming months. You must check the latest details of any advertised meeting online or by contacting the meeting leader. Do not assume that a meeting can go ahead without checking. Arrangements for meetings outdoors and indoors may vary; indoor meetings may have to be replaced by electronic meetings. Guidance documents for both participants and for leaders of field meetings have been revised to take account of ongoing Covid-19 prevention measures, and all guidance must be followed at all times. In the meantime, if you choose to go out you must follow all current Government guidance for the locality, including social distancing and other Covid-19 prevention measures, as well as more general safe practices if fieldwork is permitted. BSBI Trustees continue to closely monitor the situation and reserve the right to change advice at short notice if necessary. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with our Hon Gen Sec Steve Gater.
BSBI depends on a dedicated network of volunteer County Recorders who co-ordinate botanical survey work and organise local events. To find out more about botanical activity in your area and to access local resources, please go to the individual county web pages. County Recorders are always glad to hear about botanical finds in their county, or you can use our record-a-plant form or email our enquiry desk.
More info on our England page: or contact our England Officer Dr Pete Stroh: [email protected]
- 114 (1b) Scilly: Rosemary Parslow & Liz Askins
- 1 W. Cornwall: Colin French
- 2 E. Cornwall: Ian Bennallick
- 3 S. Devon: Roger Smith
- 4 N. Devon: Robert Hodgson & Jeremy Ison
- 5 S. Somerset: Stephen Parker & Simon Leach
- 6 N. Somerset: Helena Crouch & Liz McDonnell
- 7 & 8 Wiltshire: Sharon Pilkington & Richard Aisbitt
- 9 Dorset: Robin Walls
- 10 Isle of Wight: Colin Pope
- 11 South Hampshire: Martin Rand
- 12 North Hampshire: Tony Mundell
- 13 West Sussex: vacant
- 14 East Sussex: vacant
- 15 & 16 Kent: Geoffrey Kitchener
- 17 Surrey: Ann Sankey
- 18 South Essex: vacant
- 19 North Essex: vacant
- 20 Hertfordshire: Ian Denholm, Astrid Biddle & Alla Mashanova
- 21 London: Mark Spencer
- 22 Berkshire: Mick Crawley
- 23 Oxfordshire: David Morris
- 24 Buckinghamshire: vacant
- 25 & 26 Suffolk: Martin Sanford
- 27 East Norfolk: Bob Ellis
- 28 West Norfolk: Richard Carter
- 29 Cambridgeshire: Jonathan Shanklin
- 30 Bedfordshire: John Wakely
- 31 Huntingdonshire: David Broughton
- 32 Northamptonshire: Alyson Freeman & Brian Laney
- 33 E. Gloucestershire: Chris Dixon
- 34 W. Gloucestershire: Clive Lovatt
- 36 Herefordshire: Stuart Hedley
- 37 Worcestershire: John Day & Paul Reade
- 38 Warwickshire: John & Monika Walton
- 39 Staffordshire: John Hawksford & Ian Hopkins
- 40 Shropshire: Sarah Whild & Alex Lockton
- 53 S. Lincolnshire: Sarah Lambert & Malcolm Pool
- 54 N. Lincolnshire: Paul Kirby
- 55 Leicestershire: Geoffrey Hall, Russell Parry & Steve Woodward
- 56 Nottinghamshire: Mark Woods & Dave Wood
- 57 Derbyshire: Alan Willmot
- 58 Cheshire: Graeme Kay
- 59 South Lancashire: David Earl
- 60 West Lancashire: David Earl
- 61 South-east Yorkshire: Rohan Lewis
- 62 North-east Yorkshire: Dave Barlow
- 63 South-west Yorkshire: Kay McDowell & Louise Hill
- 64 Mid-west Yorkshire: David Broughton
- 65 NW Yorkshire: Linda Robinson & Kevin Walker
- 66 Co Durham: Keith Robson
- 67 S. Northumberland: Megs Rogers & John Richards
- 68 N. Northumberland: Chris Metherell
- 69 Westmorland: Mike Porter, Jeremy Roberts & Phill Brown
- 70 Cumberland: Mike Porter, Jeremy Roberts & Phill Brown
More info on our Wales page;
- 35 Monmouthshire: Steph Tyler & Elsa Wood
- 41 Glamorgan (E): Julian Woodman
- 41 Glamorgan (W): Barry Stewart
- 42 Breconshire: Mike Porter & John Crellin
- 43 Radnorshire: Liz Dean
- 44 Carmarthenshire: Richard Pryce & Kath Pryce
- 45 Pembrokeshire: Stephen Evans
- 46 Cardiganshire: Steve Chambers
- 47 Montgomeryshire: Kate Thorne & Gillian Foulkes
- 48 Merionethshire: Jo Clark
- 49 Caernarvonshire: Wendy McCarthy
- 50 Denbighshire: Delyth Williams
- 51 Flintshire: Emily Meilleur & Gail Quartly-Bishop
- 52 Anglesey: Ian Bonner & Nigel Brown
More info on our Scotland page; or contact our Scottish Officer Jim McIntosh: [email protected]
- 72 Dumfriesshire: Chris Miles
- 73 Kirkcudbrightshire: David Hawker
- 74 Wigtownshire: Michael Jeeves
- 75 Ayrshire: Dave Lang, Gill Smart & Carol Crawford
- 76 Renfrewshire: Keith Watson
- 77 Lanarkshire: Michael Philip
- 78 Peeblesshire: Luke Gaskell
- 79 Selkirkshire: Rod Corner & Jeff Waddell
- 80 Roxburghshire: Rod Corner & Jeff Waddell
- 81 Berwickshire: Rob Cowe
- 82 E. Lothian: Marion Moir & Helen Jackson
- 83 Midlothian: vacant
- 84 W. Lothian: Jay Mackinnon
- 85 Fife & Kinross: Sandy Edwards
- 86 Stirlingshire: Phil Sansum & Matt Harding
- 87 W Perthshire: Liz Lavery, Jane Jones
- 88 Mid Perthshire: Alistair Godfrey & Jim McIntosh
- 89 E Perthshire: Martin Robinson
- 90 Angus: Robin Payne, Theo Loizou & Mark Tulley
- 91 Kincardineshire: David Welch & David Elston
- 92 S Aberdeenshire: Ian Francis
- 93 N Aberdeenshire: David Welch & David Elston
- 94 Banffshire: vacant
- 95 Moray: Ian Green
- 96 Easterness: Adam Fraser & Andy Amphlett
- 97 Westerness: Ian Strachan
- 98 Main Argyll: Gordon Rothero
- 99 Dunbartonshire: vacant
- 100 Clyde Islands: Angus Hannah
- 101 Kintyre: Dave & Pat Batty
- 102 S. Ebudes: Simon Smart & Malcolm Ogilvie
- 103 Mid Ebudes: Lynne Farrell
- 104 N. Ebudes: Stephen Bungard
- 105 Wester Ross: Duncan Donald
- 106 Easter Ross: Brian Ballinger
- 107 East Sutherland: Mick Crawley
- 108 West Sutherland: Ian Evans
- 109 Caithness: Francis & Margaret Higgins
- 110 Outer Hebrides: Paul Smith
- 111 Orkney: John Crossley
- 112 Shetland: Paul Harvey
- 113 Jersey: Anne Haden
- 113 Alderney: Brian Bonnard
- 113 Guernsey: Helen Litchfield
- 113 Sark: Susan Synnott
More info on our Ireland page; or contact our Ireland Officer Paul Green [email protected]
- H1 South Kerry: Caroline Mac Daeid & Rory Hodd
- H2 North Kerry: Caroline Mac Daeid & Rory Hodd
- H3 West Cork: Clare Heardman
- H4 Mid Cork: John Wallace
- H5 East Cork: Edwina Cole & Finbarr Wallace
- H6 Co. Waterford: vacant
- H7 South Tipperary: Rosaleen Fitzgerald
- H8 Co. Limerick: Sylvia Reynolds
- H9 Co. Clare: Phoebe O'Brien, Donncha Ó Catháin, and Hannah Mulcahy
- H10 North Tipperary: David Nash
- H11 Co. Kilkenny: Roger Goodwillie
- H12 Co. Wexford: Paul Green & Paula O’Meara
- H13 Co. Carlow: Lisa Dowling
- H14 Co. Laois: Mark McCorry & Fiona McGowan
- H15 SE Galway: Micheline Skeffington
- H16 West Galway: John Conaghan
- H17 NE Galway: Chris Peppiatt
- H18 Offaly: Fiona Devery
- H19 Co. Kildare: Declan Doogue
- H20 Co. Wicklow: Catriona Brady & Pauline Hodson
- H21 Co. Dublin: David Nash
- H22 Meath: Margaret Norton
- H23 Westmeath: Con Breen
- H24 Co. Longford: Ciarán Bruton
- H25 Co. Roscommon: John Earley
- H26 East Mayo: Eamonn Delaney
- H27 West Mayo: Eoin McGreal
- H28 Co. Sligo: Don Cotton
- H29 Co. Leitrim: Eamon Gaughan & Aoife Delaney
- H30 Co. Cavan: vacant
- H31 Co. Louth: Cliona Byrne & Kate Harrington
- H32 Co. Monaghan: Alexis FitzGerald
- H33 Fermanagh: Ralph Forbes & Robert Northridge
- H34 East Donegal: Oisín Duffy & Mairéad Crawford
- H35 West Donegal: Ralph Sheppard
- H36 Tyrone: Sharon Spratt & Ian McNeill
- H37 Co. Armagh: John Faulkner
- H38 Co. Down: Graham Day
- H39 Co. Antrim: David McNeill
- H40 Co. Londonderry: David Riley
Many counties have local groups with their own social media pages and blogs where they share photographs, discuss plant IDs, plan events and chat about interesting plants found in the county. You can also access many botanical/wildlife blogs by BSBI members via our News & Views page.
BSBI members can find full postal/ email addresses for all County Recorders in the BSBI Yearbook, which is sent to you when you join and is also available on our members-only pages. If you wish to contact all County Recorders with a request for data, please email our Head of Science to discuss.
If you are new to BSBI - for example, if you've come to us via the National Plant Monitoring Scheme, or #wildflowerhour or the New Year Plant Hunt - please do mention that when you get in touch with us.