Category: Islands
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Strangford Lough flora: an update
Since 2022 I have been recording the flora of some islands in Strangford Lough. I received a Plant Study Grant from the BSBI to work on this in the Summer of 2022 but as it turned out I had committed to a much bigger project than I first thought! I recently submitted my records and…
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British and Irish Botanical Conference, November 22
Today I went to the BSBI’s November conference in the Natural History Museum in London to present my poster on my summer project surveying islands on Strangford Lough, and do a 60 second flash talk. It was really great to meet other people who are passionate about plants and learn from them.
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The Islands Project
This summer I am cataloguing the flora and plant communities of twelve islands in Strangford Lough, with the help of a BSBI Plant Study Grant. The goal is to have a complete species list of each island and a map showing all of the plant communities and where they occur.