Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people.
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust @gloswildlife.bsky.social Gloucestershire's biggest nature conservation charity, working to protect wildlife and help get people closer to nature.
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust @nottswildlife.bsky.social We want to create a #WilderFuture for the people and wildlife of Nottinghamshire! 💚🐾
Map your wildlife action here: https://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/wilder-nottinghamshire
Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre @hantsbic.bsky.social The Local Environmental Records Centre for Hampshire.
tinyurl.com/hantsbic
Bristol Naturalists’ Society @bristolnats.bsky.social We offer a busy calendar of wildlife & geology field meetings across Bristol region, regular natural history talks, publications, grants, a library & education.
https://bristolnats.org.uk
Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records @glosrecords.bsky.social We provide a unique source of information about the wildlife and natural environment of Gloucestershire. Hosted by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust 💚
Helen Godwin @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social The elected Mayor of the West of England.
Contact: mayor@westofengland-ca.gov.uk
The Messy Ecologist @themessyecologist.bsky.social I’m campaigning for more messy spaces for nature, join our messy mission and let’s Rewild together by doing less- and letting nature do the rest!
PhD researcher - Rewilding with Beavers 🦫
Founder of the Wee Pond Project 🐸
Wee Pond Project @weepondproject.bsky.social Encouraging the creation of lots of messy wee ponds for nature! 🐸💧
Offering free pond workshops for youth groups🐠
Brought to you by the Messy Ecologist 🦋🦫🌿🐝🌷
British Dragonfly Society @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution @brlsi.bsky.social Welcome to Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution. Promoting science, arts, and culture since 1824
16 Queen Square, Bath, Somerset BA1 2HN
Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social Still Curious
Editor, author, biologist, horticulturist. FLS
Dilettante now, with interests in
Scientific Latin
Plant-invertebrate interactions
Colours of Nature
Truth and Beauty
naturallatin.com
John Martin @pilning.bsky.social Birds, botany, insects and stuff mainly but not always in Shropshire and often Venus Pool
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
The Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland @colsocbi.bsky.social A society promoting, researching and recording the 4,000+ beetle species on Britain and Ireland. 🪲 Events, field meetings and networking...🪲🪲
Website: https://www.colsoc.org/
Natural England @naturalengland.bsky.social We're here to establish thriving #nature for people and planet by building partnerships for nature’s recovery.
Freshwater Habitats Trust @freshwaterhabitats.bsky.social National UK wildlife conservation charity dedicated to reversing the decline in freshwater biodiversity.
www.freshwaterhabitats.org.uk
WWT @wwtworldwide.bsky.social We restore wetlands and unlock their power.
Vincent Wildlife Trust @vincentwt.bsky.social Vincent Wildlife Trust is celebrating 50 Years of Innovative Mammal Conservation and is a charity working across Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe to safeguard threatened mammals. Account monitored Mon to Fri, 9am-5pm.
UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @pomscheme.bsky.social A partnership working with many volunteers to gather data on insect pollinator populations in the UK. Led by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Find out more at https://ukpoms.org.uk/
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation @arc-trust.bsky.social #Amphibian and #Reptile #Conservation (ARC) - help us give a voice to the UK's disappearing #frogs, #toads, #newts, #snakes and #lizards 🐸🦎🐍
Visit our website at www.arc-trust.org
CEDaR @cedarrecordsni.bsky.social Northern Ireland’s Environmental Record Centre:
In partnership with NIEA, National Museums NI & the recording community.
https://www2.habitas.org.uk/records/home
UK Muscidae & Fanniidae Study Group @ukmuscidae.bsky.social Informal group dedicated to promoting interest among UK dipterists, entomologists, general naturalists and the public in the Muscidae & Fanniidae.
https://dipterists.org.uk/muscidae-group/home
Shropshire Wildlife Trust @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social 🌱 The leading charity protecting Shropshire’s wildlife and wild spaces for all.
👇 Join our mission for a wilder Shropshire!
Restoring Shropshire's Verges Project @shropsverges.bsky.social Founded 2018 by local people to restore our wildflower rich verges with support from @nationaltrust.bsky.social, Caring for God's Acre, Shropshire Hills National Landscape, Shropshire Council, and with guidance from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social
Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social The official account for UK wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation. Saving butterflies, moths and our environment. 🦋
https://butterfly-conservation.org/
Cover photo 📷: Pale Tussock by Julia Martin
People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social We're working to ensure a future for endangered species and habitats worldwide. www.ptes.org. #BringingTheWildBackToLife
Donate to our latest appeal 🐿️ https://bit.ly/supportbriddlesford
Img: Gail Johnson
Graeme Davis @gremlingraeme.bsky.social Conservationist, Author, Moth lover, Work party Leader for Glos BC Rough Bank Nature Reserve
https://linktr.ee/GraemeDavis
Biodiversity Information Service @bispowys.bsky.social 🌳 Manage wildlife records for Powys & Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
🍄 Encourage wildlife recording
⬇️ Download the LERC app to get recording on the go!
https://www.lercwales.org.uk/app.php
School of Applied Sciences UWE Bristol @uwesoas.bsky.social School of Applied Sciences at UWE Bristol. Bringing you news and stories on our UG & PG courses, research, knowledge exchange, CPD & events. #TeamUWE
https://www.uwe.ac.uk/about/colleges-and-schools/health-science-and-society/applied-sciences
Caring for God's Acre @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social Caring for God’s Acre works nationally to support groups and individuals to investigate and care for burial grounds
London Natural History Society @lnhs.bsky.social We foster the appreciation and study of London's wildlife and assist in the conservation of wildlife in the London area
lnhs.org.uk
#LondonWildlife #LondonBirds
(managed by @ankemarsh.bsky.social and Pete Mantle)
RECORD LRC @recordlrc.bsky.social The Local Environmental Records Centre for Cheshire, Halton, Warrington and Wirral.
Ian Ralphs @ralphsian.bsky.social (Mostly) Retired Field Ecologist formerly Hbic and HWT. Plants and other stuff, places that end in "shire".
Jules Howard @juleshoward.bsky.social Zoology up-close. Revealing everyday wonders from a simple wildlife pond.
📚 Author of Infinite Life, MEGA and more.
🎙️ BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live.
IPBES @ipbes.net Intergovernmental Platform on #Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services. Denialism/trolling/profanity may result in banning. Re-skoots ≠ endorsements.
www.ipbes.net
linktr.ee/ipbes
Clare Blencowe @clareblencowe.bsky.social Field mycologist with a passion for grassland fungi. Interested in the history of mycology. Bang into biological recording. Located in West Sussex, UK.
Stuart Roberts FLS @eucera.bsky.social Bee specialist (not honey bees) and ecologist, Irish/UK dual national, humanist, optimist, Europhile
Mike Gilmore @gilmore08.bsky.social Journalist at BBC Bristol.
UK Environmental Change Network @ukecn.bsky.social A network of organisations & people making regular measurements of air, soil, water, animals & plants at UK sites since 1992. Our data & instrumented research sites support science to determine how & why the natural environment is changing | Web: ecn.ac.uk
Dr James E. Jepson @jamesjepson.bsky.social Zoologist, Ecologist, and Conservationist with a particular interest in birds and insects. Organiser of the British Isles Lacewing and Allies Recording Scheme.
Robin Hutchinson @robin-hutchinson.bsky.social Entomologist and Data Support at the Biological Records Centre @ukceh.bsky.social
PhD student @uniexecec.bsky.social focusing on under-recorded insects.
They/them
Tom Hunt @tmkhunt.bsky.social England Peat Map, Natural England https://naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/06/with-a-lot-of-help-from-our-friends-assembling-an-england-peat-map/
Bilal Mustafa @itswildbilal.bsky.social Optimistic Conservationist/Explorer
Fellow @rgsibg.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social
@wildcru.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Alan Yeodal @alanyeodal.bsky.social Wildlife enthusiast based in Bath, UK. Photographing and recording (iRecord) my sightings.
https://butterflycount.blogspot.com/
Bob Beaman @bobbeaman.bsky.social Retired Grandad, Wildlife Gardener, Beekeeper, Walker, volunteer, lover of nature, biodiversity, renewable energy & future tech. Remoaner. Poor novice at acrylic painting.
Energetic centrist.
Born when atmospheric carbon was 325ppm.
#WelshMarches
Stephanie Holt @stephholtnh.bsky.social Naturalist & historian specialising in British Wildlife & the history of natural history. Fellow & Trustee of the British Naturalist Association & FLS, MCIEEM. Steering group member for Green Jobs For Nature.
https://linktr.ee/stephanieholtnaturalhistory
GlosBio @glosbio.bsky.social Researcher
Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social The campaign to protect Curlews from extinction. Celebrating curlews on World Curlew Day (21 April)
@majorbombylius.bsky.social @majorbombylius.bsky.social
Megan Shersby @meganshersby.bsky.social Naturalist, writer and board gamer. Working at @wildlifebcn.org (views my own). Lead author of Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain By Low-carbon Transport (2026). Owner of a dog/servant to two cats. She/her.
BSBI Scotland @bsbiscotland.bsky.social I am Matt Harding, the Scotland Officer at @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Studying, appreciating & conserving wild flowers across Scotland, and supporting the Scottish botanical community.
https://bsbi.org/scotland
Colliery Spoil Biodiversity Initiative @collieryspoil.bsky.social Nature conservation initiative aiming to raise awareness of the #biodiversity value of #collieryspoil sites (coal tips & former collieries) in South #Wales Valleys and beyond. Posts by @liamolds.bsky.social.
Marion Rayner @mossym.bsky.social Lover of bryophytes in particular and all natural history generally, also ecology, landscape, art and crafts. Enjoying life in Somerset, UK.
Sam Thomas @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social Naturalist, botanist and entomologist. He/him.
England Officer @bsbibotany.bsky.social views my own
Rach Bicker @rachbicker.bsky.social Scrubland Project Officer. Ecology & Biodiversity consultant. Biological recorder, film fan, bag in the wind. Trustee for MFGWP. She/her
BTO Garden BirdWatch @bto-gbw.bsky.social A network of 20,000+ garden birdwatchers and citizen scientists contributing weekly to the Garden BirdWatch survey, which is organised by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO).
https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw
Dawn Balmer @debalmer.bsky.social Birder, ringer, moth(er) and mother. Head of Surveys at BTO, BB Editorial Panel, BB Director, BBRC, Chair RBBP. EBCC Board. Views my own. She/her.
NEYEDC @teamneyedc.bsky.social Local Environmental Records Centre for North & East Yorkshire. Understanding the natural world through data gathering and analysis.
www.neyedc.org.uk
Dave Slade @daveslade42.bsky.social Entomologist and data nerd. I know where my towel is. VCR for butterflies and moths in Glamorgan.
Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social #Behavioural #ecologist; Prof; UCL; weakness for #wasps. Actually, it’s not a weakness.. #Wasplove. Author Endless Forms: Why we should love wasps. http://tinyurl.com/UKwasps #Evolution #Naturewriting #Scicomm #sociality #Genomics
Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social Wildlife enthusiast, photographer, elms/lichens/beetles/molluscs/protozoa and much else. CEO of Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, occasional leader for Wildlife Travel, visiting prof., Cranfield Uni. Views my own. He/him
Linda Pryke @pondprodder.bsky.social Surrey (UK)-based Dragonfly nut, fly wrestler, happiest stood in a pond watching the sun rise..
Bex Cartwright @bexcartwright.bsky.social Conservation Projects Manager 🌍 🌱 Wild Pollinators 🐝 🐞🐛 Food and Farming 🌾🚜Gardening/GYO 🍓🌽 🌻Views my own 🏴
Sue C55 @earth55.bsky.social
UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social Updates from the United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS).
To find out more about the scheme visit - https://ukbms.org/
Sue Everett @suesustainable.bsky.social Retired ecologist & land management adviser. Trying to make sense of mad world & planetary breakdown. Pottering cyclist.
Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social British and Irish orchids, with occasional orchid posts from other areas.
Run by Sean Cole
Fungal Galaxies 🍄 @diegodylanbianchi.bsky.social Microbiologist / Scientific Photographer / Visionary / Artist / Researcher
Discover the beauty of fungal endophytes with me! 🍄✨️
www.fungalgalaxies.com
Limited edition prints for sale.
Copyright: Diego Dylan Bianchi 🇮🇹
PhD - Trinity College Dublin 🇮🇪
Ray Barnett @raybarnett.bsky.social Museum professional and entomologist.
David Minshall @dbminshall.bsky.social Nature and the outdoors - Bristol, UK
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dbminshall
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natureandtheoutdoors/
Knepp Wilding @kneppwilding.bsky.social Rewilding pioneers, working with nature for a sustainable future.
https://knepp.co.uk/
Get our latest news: https://knepp.co.uk/newsletter-signup/
The Marine Biological Association @thembauk.bsky.social A leading UK marine biology research institute, promoting scientific excellence and representing the marine biology community since 1884.
🐚 https://www.mba.ac.uk/
🔗 linktr.ee/MarineBiologicalAssociation
Greenspace Information for Greater London CIC @gigl-lerc.bsky.social We are the capital's environmental records centre. Our website: https://www.gigl.org.uk/
Submit your species records here: https://www.gigl.org.uk/submit-records/submit-a-record/
NBN Trust: National Biodiversity Network Trust @nbntrust.bsky.social Our mission - "making data work for nature". Our vision - "nature thriving everywhere, in all its diversity".
www.nbn.org.uk - main website
https://nbnatlas.org/ - search 312 million+ UK wildlife records
https://uk.inaturalist.org - record wildlife
GBIF @gbif.org Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Want to be the first to learn about new datasets and use of data in GBIF? Check out @gbifmorpho.bsky.social 🦋
EcoRecord @ecorecord.bsky.social The Local Environmental Records Centre for Birmingham and the Black Country - Tag us with your wildlife sightings and we'll add them to our database!
Wildlife and Countryside Link @wclnews.bsky.social Wildlife and Countryside Link represents 90 organisations working together to support & enjoy the natural environment
Froglife @froglife.bsky.social Froglife is a national wildlife conservation charity focused on the conservation of the UK’s reptile and amphibian species and their associated habitats.
Rewilding Britain @rewildingbritain.org.uk The official Bluesky for Rewilding Britain NGO 🌱 🐳
Our aim is the mass restoration of ecosystems so that nature and people can thrive.
#ThinkBigActWild #Rewilding
Drew Bennellick @drewbennellick.bsky.social Head of Land, Sea & Nature Policy UK at National Lottery Heritage Fund. Nature Towns & Cities, Landscape Connections, nature recovery and diversity. My own views 🇬🇧
Cotswolds National Landscape @cotswoldsnl.bsky.social Working to conserve and enhance the Cotswolds National Landscape - a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and one of the many beautiful landscapes that make England special.
West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre @wwbic1.bsky.social We collect, collate and disseminate biological records for Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, and promote biological recording.
wwbic.org.uk
record.wwbic.org.uk
National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk All kinds of spaces. All sorts of feelings. All at the National Trust.
Bath Nature @bathnature.bsky.social Mike Williams - Naturalist, Landscape Historian & Photographer from Bath, UK
https://www.instagram.com/bath_nature
https://ecoevo.social/@BathNature
https://www.youtube.com/@bathnature
Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social Nature recovery. Writer. Chair Natural England. Fellow CISL. Chair Cool Earth. Council Member Fauna & Flora. Former Friends of the Earth, Wildlife Trusts, WWF, BirdLife International. www.tonyjuniper.com
VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social Sharing the wonders of flowers and nature, gardening, plant history, folklore, art, and poetry. Bedfordshire photographer for the National Garden Scheme charity. #SolaceInNature #DailyBotanicalBeauty
https://www.venetiajane.co.uk
Richard Lewington @rlewington2.bsky.social Wildlife illustrator, photographer and invertebrate enthusiast - A Curious Bug-er from Oxfordshire. F.R.E.S. - President of Abingdon Naturalists’ Society
www.richardlewington.co.uk
NatureBureau @naturebureau.bsky.social Insights into nature & ecology consulting, design & publishing across the UK & worldwide
NatureBureau Ltd. Ecology and Design Consultancy 🌿🦋🐬📖
One company - Two passions 💚
Sign up to our e-newsletter at https://www.naturebureau.co.uk/
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre @cumbriabdc.bsky.social Local environment records centre for Cumbria. Collating biodiversity records for the county.
Richard Jones @bugmanjones.bsky.social I’m very good at finding insects, in fact I’m a professional. Books on shieldbugs, wasps, ants, dung, limericks. Shout ‘weird bug!’ to get my attention.
Rich Andrews @mrbristolian.bsky.social
Gustav Clark @gustavc123.bsky.social Naturalist - plants, insects, molluscs. Not birds, not butterflies.
Ex IT, ex chemist, ex many things, but beetle ID will probably keep me fully occupied until I die.. But I do love cutting scrub and fixing fences.
UK white cis male he/him trans ally
Lee Raye @leafyhistory.bsky.social Associate Lecturer, Research Officer, studies medieval/early modern wild animals & plants.
Author, Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife & Creatures of Story and Song.
Secretly a fox? 🦊 Slow worm friend. 🧚🏻🐉 they/them. 🍞🌹
(No access to DMs, email me)
Bricgstowe @bricgstowe.bsky.social Bristol : The First Thousand Years.
Bricg=bridge.
Stowe=settlement.
So, place or settlement by the bridge. Over time this evolved:
Brigstow - Bristow - Bristol
Anna Francis @annafrancisart.bsky.social Anna Francis is an artist rethinking city resources, through participatory art interventions; biodiversity visibility, social and environmental justice, retrofit for communities - Professor at University of Staffordshire.
@naturesnotebook.bsky.social @naturesnotebook.bsky.social
Samuel Brockington @docbroc.bsky.social Professor of Evolution | Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden | Co-Director of the Connections-Collections-Communities Strategic Research Initiative
BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social British Entomological and Natural History Society
www.benhs.org.uk
Sarah Whild @sarahwhild.bsky.social Card-carrying botanist, retired academic, biological recorder, NFBR council member, did some work on FISCs, lurks in Shrewsbury. I appear to have written the Biological Recording Handbook…