Shropshire Botanical Society Newsletter Spring 2023, No.46. Articles: Society News – notes from the Editor Andrew Perry, History of the Shropshire Botanical Society ‘What I left out’ Sue Townsend; BSBI VCR40 Report 2022 Mags Cousins and John Martin; National Moss Day - October 21st 2023 Philippa Thompson and Martin Godfrey; Montgomery Canal: a waterway in trouble? Mark Duffell; Shropshire Wildlife Trust Richard Grindle CEO; Rare Plants in Shropshire John Handley; Obituary - Sylvia Kingsbury Sue Townsend; Obituary - Pirkko Lisa Higson, 1937 – 2022 Ruth Dawes; A workshop on the genus Bryum Martin Godfrey.