Dan Hoare @djhbutterflies.bsky.social Director of Nature Recovery for Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies. Naturalist, tree hugger, volunteer bird ringer, Green Runner. Personal account: opinions, puns & misidentifications are mine
@stevetrotter1.bsky.social @stevetrotter1.bsky.social Nature and its recovery, people, art, historic landscapes. Born 318ppm CO2
Also, chief executive at Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Board member: RSST, CWMET, Nature North; chair North Pennines National Landscape, member Great North Bog.
Kendal Mountain Book Festival @kendalmtnbookfest.bsky.social Sharing the adventure through words, wanderings and wonder.
Patron @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social
@kendalmountainfest.bsky.social 20 - 23 November 2025
linktr.ee/kendalmountainbookfestival
British Dragonfly Society @britishdragonflies.bsky.social 
Falmouth Nature & Pollinator Perfect @entomophily.bsky.social Cameraman and photographer now retired and using my skills to share a passion for wildlife and conservation with a bias towards insects and urban green spaces. Also aspiring music maker and soundscape creator. Home is Falmouth, Cornwall.
Martin @botanicalmartin.bsky.social currently writing 'Finding England's Ancient Grassland'
Botanical surveyor and artist based in the Tees Valley, England.
If it's about plants, I'll be interested.
http://theintermingledpot.wordpress.com
Jamie @movingslowly.bsky.social Moving slowly and fixing things…
The artist formerly known as @tlwforcumbria
(Let’s see how long this lasts)…
Abigail Lowe @abigaillowe.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Ecologist @ukceh.bsky.social 🌳
Citizen/Community Science 🌍
Prefer things with 6 legs 🐝
Comms officer @bes-communitysci.bsky.social
Cymraes ♥️🏴 Views own ✌🏻
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
VC40Ladybirds 🐞 @vc40ladybirds.bsky.social Ladybird CR for Shropshire & National iRecord verifier - co-author of 'Micro ladybirds of Britain and Ireland: https://shorturl.at/gXsQp and Micro Ladybirds of Shropshire guide: https://shorturl.at/DivpW #VC40Ladybirds
Andrew Jewels @andrew-jewels.bsky.social Inconspicuous ladybirds are my main interest but I enjoy finding and identifying all wildlife, especially insects and birds. All records submitted to iRecord. Check out my online guide to identifying inconspicuous ladybirds at https://andrewjewels.com
Dan Ryan @danryannature.bsky.social 🌿 Plant botherer.
🍄 Mushroom tickler.
👊 Working for a wilder world.
Mainly photos of stuff that other people walk past and ignore. Also on Twitter & Insta. Longer descriptions of stuff usually in the ALT text.
https://linktr.ee/danryan1
Julia Hanmer BSBI 🍁 @moschatel.bsky.social Chief Executive of @bsbibotany.bsky.social. Views my own. Wildlife, conservation, plants, bats, forest school, learning.
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
Rosybeeplants @rosybeeplants.bsky.social Pollinators, plants and nature. Also a plant nursery growing organic plants to help support pollinators in your garden.
Based in Monmouthshire but sales through
https://www.rosybee.com/
@ukladybirds.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social 
Whitby Naturalists @whitbynats.bsky.social Interests in natural history, geology, local history and archaeology. Active in conservation, recording, education. Lectures, field trips & visits, workshops, surveys.
Dr Beulah Garner @beetlequeen.bsky.social Entomologist. Curator of Polyneoptera at The Natural History Museum, London. Ground beetle evolution and taxonomy in the Vogler lab https://www.site100.org
Chair at Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland colsoc.org
@tombucherflynn.bsky.social @tombucherflynn.bsky.social 
Tegan Gaetano @tegangaetano.bsky.social PhD Student at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social | Studying 🐝 #bumblebees of the #machair | Funded by @quadratdtp.bsky.social | CASE partner: @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
(she/her)
Tristan Bantock @britishbugs.bsky.social Ecologist/Entomologist
Lisa Williams @lisawilliams30.bsky.social Wildlife enthusiast and amateur entomologist specialising in bees and flies. Aerialist, vegan, nature girl, music lover. RSPB & Bumblebee conservation volunteer, NBN award finalist 2024.
Buzz & Scuttle @buzzandscuttle.bsky.social Insect appreciation project by collage artist Marian Hill. I started by illustrating the insects inhabiting our messy urban garden… now invertebrate obsessed. Go to buzzandscuttle.com for free insect resources & more project information.
Ruth Starr-Keddle @ruthsk.bsky.social Plant ecologist, botanist, and farmer facilitator, working in the North Pennines National Landscape. Specialising in upland hay meadow restoration, collects seeds, grows wildflower plants, enjoys nature and loves bumblebees.
Jamie Warren @mossmalarkey.bsky.social Lively, Loony ,happy bin man for SDC and Ubico in Stroud Gloucestershire,interested in Botany,Bryology,Mycology and general nature lover 🌿🌼🐛🐝🐿🦌
James Gilbert @jamesgilbertmr.bsky.social Naturalist, ecologist, writer.
“How pleasant it would be each day to think, Today I have done something that will render future generations more happy." Richard Jefferies, 1883.
Location: east Northamptonshire, UK.
Graeme Lyons @graemelyons.bsky.social 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
Josh @joshecology.bsky.social Exploring local wildlife and beyond with a focus on invertebrates and invasive species.
Ecologist, conservationist, macro photographer.
🐝
Belfast-based
Rach Bicker @rachbicker.bsky.social Scrubland Project Officer. Ecology & Biodiversity consultant. Biological recorder, film fan, bag in the wind. Trustee for MFGWP. She/her
Liam Olds @liamolds.bsky.social 🦋 Entomologist | Invertebrate Ecologist
🏴 Director of @gloinatur.bsky.social
🐝 Passion for brownfields & wild bees
🪲 Organiser of UK Oil Beetle Recording Scheme
📌 South Wales
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #SouthWalesValleys
🔗 gloinatur.org
Reuben Singleton @bordersnaturalist.bsky.social 📍Peebles, Scottish Borders - Director of Tweed Ecology - 35 years experience of protected species/habitat surveys, Ecological Impact Assessment, Ecological Clerk of Works. Botany, Lepidoptera.
Katty Baird @kattyponder.bsky.social Moths, spiders, other small things. Entomologist. Ecologist at Forest Research. Author of Meetings with Moths.
Based in East Lothian, Scotland. Often outdoors.
Paul Williams @paulwilliamsnhm.bsky.social Bumblebee taxonomy / evolution / biogeography - at NHM London:
guides to the species of the Himalaya, Sichuan, North China, &
North America
working with genes & morphology
pic: Yuzhu Mt, Kunlun range
Harry Siviter @harrysiviter.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol.
PI of the Bee Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation lab.
He/him. 🐝
https://siviterharry.wixsite.com/harrysiviter
Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology and author of The Mind of a Bee
Prof. Jeff Ollerton @jeffollerton.bsky.social Biodiversity scientist, focused mainly on pollinators and their interactions with plants. Author of 'Pollinators & Pollination: Nature and Society' (Pelagic 2021) and 'Birds & Flowers: An Intimate 50 Million Year Relationship' (Pelagic 2024).
MoffStuff @moffstuff.bsky.social Your fave 'Moff Merch!' T-shirts, Hoodies & Mugs designed by a lifelong Lepidoptera lover. A donation to Wildlife charities with every order!
moffstuff.co.uk
UK Butterflies @ukbutterflies.bsky.social UK Butterflies is a community website providing comprehensive information on all butterfly species in Britain & Ireland. Posts by Pete Eeles. https://linktr.ee/ukbutterflies
Garden Moth Scheme @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social A UK, Ireland & Channel Islands recording scheme aiming to record moth trends using data created by weekly moth-trapping volunteers.
Open to all, find out more here: https://gardenmothscheme.org.uk
Proud member of #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #GardenMothScheme
John Walters @johnwalterswildife.bsky.social Wildlife artist and ecologist based in Buckfastleigh, Devon, UK
Ben Hawthorne @bensjhawthorne.bsky.social PhD Student @ Newcastle University | he/him | Entomologist
#Ecology #LGBwiththeT #PrideInEnto
🪲🧬🏳️🌈
Jess Knapp @planbee.bsky.social Ecology, bees, pesticides, flowers and agricultural landscapes | Researcher at Lund University
Joshua Styles @joshual951.bsky.social Plant obsessive, restoration ecologist and science communicator 🏳️🌈
Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social Soldierflies, Horseflies, Robberflies, Bee-flies, Snipeflies, Stiletto-flies, Hunchback-flies, Water-snipeflies, Awl-flies, Windowflies and Wood-soldierflies - info & ID guides: https://dipterists.org.uk/soldierflies-allies-scheme/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
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.
Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social Artist, naturalist, author, cyclist. Loves insects/invertebrates especially solitary bees & harvestmen. County Recorder for Harvestmen and Pseudoscorpions. Hefted to Norfolk.
Website https://arthropedia.co.uk/
Dusty Gedge @dustygedge.bsky.social #wildflowers #birds #wildbees #naturephotography #naturevideos President European Fed #4 greenroofs 16yrs but just a ‘geezer from #lewisham https://www.youtube.com/c/dustygedge
Durham Wildlife Trust @durhamwildlife.bsky.social Protecting wildlife and promoting nature conservation in County Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Tyneside & Darlington. Please support our work & become a member today: www.durhamwt.com
Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social Ret'd entomological artist, illustrator & teacher. Active conservationist & wildlife gardener, No pesticides, no-mow, no dig. Green voter. UK based.
Kernow Conservation CIC @kernowconservation.bsky.social Working with other conservation organisations, local businesses and landowners to benefit the communities and wildlife of Cornwall.
Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS @sally-annspence.bsky.social I do #SciComm #STEM, a Presenter & a Researcher. My subjects include #Entomology, #Agriculture, #NaturalHistory & #Archaeology. Passionate about #DungBeetles! Founder of Berrycroft Hub & Dung Beetles For Farmers.
DB @arnoldtortoise.bsky.social Amateur naturalist - parasitic wasps (and other tiny insects) specialising in UK Trichogrammatidae and Mymaridae. All posts are my own finds, and all are found in Sussex (unless otherwise stated).
Chris Cant @chriscant.bsky.social Lichens: the closer you look the more you'll see; zoom out and you'll read the habitat
Pan-species Listing @panspecieslisting.bsky.social Comparing and sharing adventures in biodiversity recording by all-taxa naturalists https://panspecieslisting.com/
Sean Cooch @waxcapscooch.bsky.social Grassland Ecologist in England trying hard to save nature in an official capacity, annoying some in the process. Fungi, insects, plants fanboy, indie music, Green and sometimes, loud lefty, union geyser, politics, football, cycling & tofu. 🍄🍄🟫
Ben Averis @averisben.bsky.social Botany, bryology, lichens, habitat classification, ecology, biodiversity (http://www.benandalisonaveris.co.uk/), art (http://www.benaverisart.co.uk/), music, poetry... Lives near Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mark A. Spencer @fungiflowers.bsky.social Consultant & forensic botanist. BSBI/LNHS. Urban plants, INNS, climate change, natural history museology. Criminal (missing persons, deposition scenes, trace evidence) & Civil procedures Expert Witness. LGBTQIA+, Sister of Perpetual indulgence, trans ally.
Clare Pinches @clarepinches.bsky.social Conservationist, ecologist, botanist & improving birder. Pro transparency, accountability & persistence. Currently working on right tree right place. Views mine
Jon Dunn @dunnjons.bsky.social Nature writer, photographer, tour leader. FLS.
BSBI Shetland county recorder
‘Obscure rarity’
Author for Basic Books, Bloomsbury Books, Hachette, Princeton University Press
Rep’d: Peters, Fraser & Dunlop
www.jondunn.com
Wild Lakeland @wildlakeland.bsky.social Ecology | Botany | Conservation | Grasslands | Wetlands | Trees... 🌿 🐝 🦗 🦋🪻
Capturing the Lake District and beyond through the changing seasons.
📍Northern Lake District, Cumbria
www.wildlakeland.com
enquiries@wildlakeland.co.uk
Stewart @stewchat.bsky.social Northumbrian Birder, Naturalist, fan of Ennion, RARichardson, Busby, Jarvis, McCanch, Wallace, Watkins-Pitchford and rarest of all, Notebook users... Local Patcher on the Northumberland coast.
Naturetastic Henry @naturetasticwh.bsky.social 🐒 11 year old Nature Blogger
🎥 ‘Naturetastic with Henry’ on YouTube
👨👦 Account run by me and Dad
🦔 Junior Wildlife Ambassador for Wildlife Trust BCN.
🍁 Birds, Bugs, Endangered Creatures, Nature… all nature!!
DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social The society aims to promote the study, recording and conservation of true flies (Diptera). Our focus is on the British Isles, but we foster links with dipterists throughout Europe and further afield.
https://dipterists.org.uk/home
Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social Freshwater ecologist, wildlife lover, likes a bit of art 💦🦠🔬
martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social Butterfly and moth enthusiast, working to conserve these lovely insects in Europe and beyond. Advisor to Butterfly Conservation Europe and author of ‘Butterflies’ published by Bloomsbury.
Scott Shanks @scottshanks.bsky.social Professional nature botherer💚 Planning, Peatlands, Pollinators & other wee beasties. Ecologist, Biochemist, Bog-trotter, Geek. Based in Moray, Scotland. All own views.
Simon Phelps @simonphelps.bsky.social Conservationist, naturalist, wildlife photographer and writer. https://wildlifephelps.wixsite.com/wildlifephelps
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…
Peter Graystock @pgraystock.bsky.social Researcher of host-microbe interactions in animal systems with a focus on social insects & pollinators Imperial College London. #bees #wheat #holobiont #parasite #spillover #directed evolution
Laura Larkin @lauralarkin.bsky.social Enjoy playing with insects, wandering aimlessly and photographing things. Cornwall. All views are my own.
Owen Beckett @obeckett98.bsky.social Entomologist with the National Biodiversity Data Centre 🐝🐞🦋
Ireland
George Tordoff @gmtord.bsky.social Moth botherer and county bryophyte recorder for Glamorgan
Will George @willgeorge.bsky.social Naturalist with a particular interest in the true bugs, Heteroptera, but fascinated by pretty much all insects and nature. He/Him. https://www.flickr.com/photos/runnerwill/
Pete Martin @onloughrigg.bsky.social Lichens and other stuff from the beautiful English Lake District and beyond.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social Our Planet. Decoded.
🎙️ Counting The Earth podcast: https://tinyurl.com/CTEarthpodcast
📰 Newsletter sign-up: https://tinyurl.com/ukceh-news
Keiron Derek Brown @earthwormuk.bsky.social 🪱 Worm nerd and naturalist | Biological Recording Company | Earthworm Society | London Natural History Society 🧪
🇬🇧 Cumbrian living in London 🏳️🌈
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
Sam Thomas @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social Naturalist, botanist and entomologist. He/him.
England Officer @bsbibotany.bsky.social views my own
Samantha Batty @yorkshireeden.bsky.social Nature lover. Regular Moth recorder. Butterfly watcher. Hoping to attract as much wildlife as possible to our wild, 5 acre, Yorkshire garden. Build it and they will come.
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Butterfly Conservation Europe @europebutterfly.bsky.social Non profit organisation working to save butterflies, moths and their habitats across Europe. We have Network Partners in most European countries and run a wide range of conservation and monitoring projects
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
Ground Beetle Recording Scheme @carabidaeuk.bsky.social Going to ground then emerging into blue skies
The UK ground beetle (Carabidae) recording scheme
Records to http://brc.ac.uk/iRecord
https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/recording-schemes
Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social 🪲 Entomologist, bonkers about beetles
🏛 Museum Curator
🏴 Usually found turning over logs/stones or poking in dead stuff.
(she/her)
🔗 https://linktr.ee/Ash_Whiffin
Alex Prendergast @bramblebotanist.bsky.social Botany Senior Specialist at Natural England | BSBI referee & meetings secretary | critical genera | plant & butterfly conservation & reintros | botany tours | Punk | #Norfolk #Iamabotanist attempting to meet all GB plant taxa: 107 to go. Views own 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇬🇧
Lydia Massiah @lydiamassiah.bsky.social Writer, wanderer, wonderer, always curious to learn more. Knows a smattering about much, but not much about anything.
Worried about biodiversity loss. What's happening is one big horror story.
TrevorTheBotanist @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social Botanist, conservationist, gardener & author. Endlessly curious about green things. Creator of #NoMowMay.
Author of ‘Urban Plants’ (Bloomsbury British Wildlife Collection). Currently with the Species Recovery Trust & BSBI Trustee.
Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk Shining a spotlight on the importance of monitoring wildlife and ecological research, with a focus on the groups that get less attention. 🍄🪱🪲🕷️🐌🪼🦈
Posts by Keiron Derek Brown
James Common @commonbynature.bsky.social Botanist & naturalist | BSBI joint recorder (VC68) | Ouse Burn Naturalist, NHSN | Yardener & occasional writer | Fanatical about our flora - especially ferns 🌿👀
Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social The Royal Entomological Society plays an international role in communicating insect science and connecting entomologists.
Follow our publications @respublications.bsky.social
Rory Dimond @rdimond.bsky.social Environmental charity worker, wildlife gardener, author and volunteer. Avid entomology enthusiast. Mostly speaks about the smaller thigs (bees, wasps, flies, spiders etc.) on my local patch. He/Him.
Gill Perkins @bumblebeegill.bsky.social CEO Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Inspirer. Knowledge. Energiser. Veg gardener, conservationist, current affairs, BUMBLEBEES, slave to a cat. Views my own
Rebecca Wheeler @botanybeck.bsky.social Obsessed with the natural world, especially #fungi, #wildflowers and #orchids. 🍄
Wildlife gardener and Forest School Practitioner.
Leads @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
Love needle-felting and always trying to recreate my nature finds in wool felt #SciArt
Sarah Lambert @sarahlambert7.bsky.social Freelance botanist / plant ecologist / naturalist - supporting nature recovery in Cambs and Lincs. Keen photographer sharing stories and images from the natural world. BSBI recorder for South Lincolnshire and leader for Wildlife Travel.
Markus Wagner @wagnermarkus.bsky.social Plant ecologist. Restoration ecology; Grassland; Seed ecology; Agroecology; Regenerative agriculture; Biotic & soil interactions; Arable plants; Invasion ecology. Pers. acct. DMs are disabled.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=X_ovJR8AAAAJ&hl=en
wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social The home of #WildflowerHour: 8-9pm every Sunday.
Wild Flowers you find across Britain & Ireland in the last week.
The biggest cheerleader for our wild plants!
Posts by @botanybeck.bsky.social
https://wildflowerhouruk.weebly.com/
Ireland's Incredible Invertebrates! @microwild.bsky.social TL;DR: All things about Irish insects and invertebrates.
An Irish naturalist sharing experiences, education and enthusiasm.
Harvestman validator for the National Biodiversity Data Centre.
Founder of https://microwild.org
Call me: Brian