@britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social Feels like the start of Autumn - Linyphiidae season. A nice Small-horned Walckenaer (Walckenaeria corniculans) from the weekend, to start things off
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Freelance entomologist specialising in reserve management, conservation grazing, rewilding & farming. 2nd place pan-species listing. Spiders. Bugs. Grew up below poverty line. AuDHD. Writing this https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan-species-listing
Kent Wildlife Conference: 25th October 2026 Uni. of Kent/Darwin Conference Suite £22 (£15 students) incl. refreshments/lunch Theme: biological recording & its importance. @graemelyons.bsky.social speaking on pan-species listing! #KentNature #NaturalHistory www.kentfieldclub.org.uk/programme/up...
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Passenger to Actinic at Coverack, Lizard last night with @josscarr.bsky.social . Joss’s Photo @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
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Presenting the Biodiversity Challenge initiative. Are you doing a degree in biology, zoology, marine biology, ecology & conservation or something similar? Then Biodiversity Challenge might be for you. analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/08/biod... Artwork by Unorthodox Sketch!
Here's a longer write up of that epic day Colne Point and the new grasshopper Harry Witts spotted, along with a whole load of other stuff!
The Times They Are A-Changin'
16:04 - Harry Witts: "I don't think I would ever recognise a grasshopper new to Britain". 16:07 - Harry Witts: "GRAEME! Bring a big net! I t...
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This was an absolutely insanely good day, well done @hwitts.bsky.social on another epic find!
Harry Witts@hwitts.bsky.social · 2mo agoVery exciting to kick this up at Colne Point, Essex on Saturday, just moments after remarking how I didn’t think I’d recognise a grasshopper new to Britain. Sphingonotus caerulans, the second British, and likely first natural record. Found with @graemelyons.bsky.social and @josscarr.bsky.social
Also, some better photos of the Verge Cricket Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis caught last night by Nigel Jones and Mark Edgeller whilst they were moth-trapping at Freshwater Bay
A Verge Cricket heard at Lydd-on-sea for a few hours on Saturday night (and into early hours of Sunday) couldn't be relocated last night. Seemingly a second for Britain? The more regular orthoptera put on a good show over the weekend with Tree Cricket, Large Conehead, Sickle-bearing all seen.
I recorded my 10,000th species on Thursday at @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social. Here's the full story... analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-sa...
Good to see my first Radford's Flame Shoulder Ochropleura leucogaster. @graemelyons.bsky.social I see what you mean calling it a 'stretch limousine' version of the Flame Shoulder Ochropleura plecta. Modbury, Devon
Here's the full story of what we believe to be the start of the colonisation of yet another new orthopteran to the British Isles.
Team cricket - how we found a cricket new to the British Isles
This following italicised sections were written by Matt Phelps, who first heard this unusual cricket... I strolled over to Sussex Wildlif...
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Trapped with Sussex Moth Group in the garden of Petworth House NT by special arrangement. #TeamMoth 6NFY Oak Hook-tip Ear Moth agg. Mullein Wave Stenoptilia pterodactyla? Catoptria pinella. Eucosma hohenwartiana? Got to see @graemelyons.bsky.social ticking off a few more species 😳
Very pleased to have @graemelyons.bsky.social as a speaker at the Kent Wildlife Conference this October, talking on "Pan-species listing – how to become a super-naturalist". Open to all: go to tinyurl.com/WildConf2026 for details & booking. #pansspecies #panspecieslisting #biologicalrecording
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THE KENT WILDLIFE CONFERENCE SATURDAY 24th October 2026 Darwin Conference Suite, Darwin College, University of Kent The Kent Wildlife Conference is an opportunity for all those interested in the...
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If you are at the (Global) Bird Fair (I'm not) then look out for these two books which I recommend. I know the authors are present. Pan Species Listing @graemelyons.bsky.social review bit.ly/4eUG3HN Love is a Toad @lucylapwing.bsky.social review bit.ly/4vRihSV
We are at Birdfair again but this time I will be selling my book, come find us on Robin 76. Details of what we are up to and when in the blog below. analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/07/pan-...
Pan-species Listing at Global Birdfair in 2026
Pan-species Listing is thriving! We've never had more people taking part as we do now, it's a great time to get involved with this worthwhil...
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analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/07/181-... A quick update on the PSL year listing challenge. I have seen 3,840 species in the first 181 days of 2026!
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I haven't posted a longer update here in a while of my '6000 species in 2026' pan-species year-listing challenge, as I have been doing more ...
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Great trip with NRW & @naturambyth.bsky.social to look for rare fen inverts at Cors Geirch NNR. Idiocera sexguttata (Cranefly), Ground Beetle Chlaenius tristis (only UK site), Attulus caricis. @graemelyons.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
A very impressive looking male Ozyptila scabricula, collected as a sub adult a moth ago right at the edge of a friable cliff slip near Land's End. A pretty identical situation to where I had it with @graemelyons.bsky.social on the Lizard in April. @britishspiders.bsky.social
Last chance to book! Could you become a “super-naturalist”? 🌿 Join @graemelyons.bsky.social on 13 May for Pan-Species Listing — the challenge of recording species across the UK. Wildlife recording, ID tips & inspiration 🌎 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977266072... @panspecieslisting.bsky.social
Species 8,559: Parna tenella, a small sawfly that creates leaf-mines/rolls in lime leaves, found during lunchbreak of yday's @nfbr.bsky.social conference in Birmingham. Guessed it was this, now keyed; black tegulae & all-yellow legs rule out P apicalis @graemelyons.bsky.social @josscarr.bsky.social
Who has seen the most species in the UK? With ~70,000 eukaryotes, Pan-Species Listing lets naturalists track lifetime totals Join our FREE entoLIVE on 13 May w/ PSL recorder @graemelyons.bsky.social sharing stories from the top 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977266072... @panspecieslisting.bsky.social
We have such a great FREE webinar for you 7-8pm tomorrow night 6 May! Legendary ecologist, author & pan-lister @graemelyons.bsky.social will be explaining why getting to know your plants facilitates recording of other species groups. Book here: bsbi.org/take-part/ev... Ideal for beginner recorders!
Webinar: Recording For Beginners - Why getting to know your plants facilitates recording of other species groups
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Ynys Wyllt visit yesterday produced some cracking spiders Arctosa leopardus and a Trochosa female which might be spinipalpis, but will probably just be terricola after 🔬. Only 1 previous spider record for site. @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social
Does anyone have a photo of the Sussex Spotted Sandpiper/s I could use for a presentation please?
Why are @brighton-hove.gov.uk doing work on elms on a warm sunny day with temps expected of 17 degrees in the middle of the bird breeding season?! The rest of the week will have temps of 18 to 19 degrees. Scolytus scolytus could well be flying then, so this cutting could be SPREADING ELM DISEASE.
Pan-Species Listing challenges naturalists to record every UK species they’ve seen across all groups of life 🦋🌿🍄 Join @graemelyons.bsky.social for a FREE entoLIVE on how PSL builds skills and valuable wildlife records. 📅 13 May 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977266072... @panspecieslisting.bsky.social
It was great to meet you too Erica! I really enjoyed those two hours.
Erica McAlister@flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 6mo agoI finally get to see/meet the rather amazing @graemelyons.bsky.social in action. Spotted here with @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social’s own Charlie Harpur in the walled garden doing an impressively fast species inventory.. And the visitors loved his knowledge 🤓
@graemelyons.bsky.social – The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing ⚠️ Join us at the NFBR Conference on 8 May for a provocative take on AI in recording—are we gaining convenience at the cost of deep knowledge? 🔗 Book now!: bit.ly/4sZO4iz #NFBRConference2026 #AI #BiologicalRecording
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