Alex Press @alexoutside.bsky.social 17 year-old naturalist and pan-species lister, my favourite taxon is the Erysiphaceae (powdery mildews)!
Thomas Miller @tmbirding.bsky.social Patch birding in Oxfordshire and further afield
tmbirding.blogspot.com
James Hammond @jamesehammond.bsky.social Postdoc in Clark lab @geneticscam.bsky.social
Segmentation, Robustness, Evolvability
Lepidoptera and Birds
jewh.github.io
Simon Knott @sjbknott.bsky.social Birds, Chess, Coleoptera, Flora, Moths, R&I, Syrphidae, Stratiomyidae et al.
Slowly rewilding Herts garden & trying to photograph its fauna & flora.
Justin Walker @arcanelove.bsky.social Field ornithologist, amateur entomologist, Norfolk heteroptera recorder; enjoys the company of trees, picks litter, runs.
Neil Fletcher @neilmoths.bsky.social Interested in recording any species I can identify, mostly insects, particularly interested in Ichneumonoidea. I submit those records and keep a list of what I've seen (Pan-Species Lister).
Chris Raper @chrisraper.bsky.social Entomologist/Dipterist (Tachinidae), ukiyo-e/yakusha-e (mainly Kunichika), fountain pen enthusiast, ancient Chinese coins, warden at Hartslock SSSI, manager of UKSI at the Natural History Museum, London
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
Ryan Clark @ryanclarkecology.bsky.social Freelance ecologist based in Cumbria, specialising in pollinators. Passionate about insects, biological recording, wildflowers, and bryophytes.
www.euceraecology.co.uk
Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social Paid to hunt Beetles, what more could a man want from a working life?
andrew john lamb @andyjlamb.bsky.social @andy_j_lamb on Twitter as was.
(Blue) Manc, living North of the Wall, south of the Border. Wildlife, cycling, science, City
#FBPE
Esmond Brown @chalkspring.bsky.social Gentleman, scholar and sometime acrobat. Foodie, chef, rugby player, birder, diplomat, drinker of fine malt whisky and gin. Your friendly neighbourhood spiderman โ if your neighbourhood is The Chilterns, South Buckinghamshire or the Scottish Highlands โ UK
Sam Thomas @sjthomasbotany.bsky.social Naturalist, botanist and entomologist. He/him.
England Officer @bsbibotany.bsky.social views my own
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
WayneS @wsnatureandfossils.bsky.social Nature. Happier outside.
Photographer - mainly macro ๐๐ชฒ๐
Fossil hunting and preparation
Website.... Dorsetmacrophotography.co.uk
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
Meg Skinner @megabunus.bsky.social BAS Harvestmen Recording Scheme organiser, invertebrate ecologist and overall bug nerd
Citizen Zoo @citizenzoo.bsky.social Rewilding Our Future & Pioneering Community Engagement #rewilding
William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social Academic. Obsessed with making conservation more effective. Enjoying making nerdy videos explaining the principles of ecology and conservation. YouTube Channel: Conservation Concepts https://youtube.com/@bill_sutherland
Will Langdon @wlangdon12.bsky.social Assistant Conservation Officer for Epping Forest. PhD on the effects of nitrogen pollution on insects, particularly likes butterflies and moths.
iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social The place where your nature photos impact science & conservation around the world. Free, nonprofit, & community-powered. ๐ชฒ๐๐ฟ
Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social A naturalist on the prowl. (New here, same handle on Twitter/X)
Dr Gemma Harper OBE @jncc-ceo.bsky.social CEO, JNCC - UKโs statutory advisor on nature | Award-winning Leader | ENDS Power List 2025 | Mentor of the Year 2025 | Non-Executive Director | Trustee | Keynote Speaker | On a mission for nature ๐
www.jncc.gov.uk
Harry Witts @hwitts.bsky.social Essex/Yorkshire ecologist, entomologist, birder
tรบ @auminhtu.bsky.social MSc Biodiversity and Conservation Student | Lover of Small Carnivores and Lepidoptera
Sim Elliott @sim-elliott.bsky.social Amateur naturalist & eco-socialist. Fascinated by lichens, botany and insects; the Sussex Downs & Weald; woodland, landscape & architecture. Only travel by bus, train & foot. https://simelliottnaturenotes.blog
Dave Appleton @applewildlife.bsky.social Interested in pretty much any wildlife, especially birds, moths and a host of other insect groups. Norfolk county recorder for lacewings and allied insects.
Based in North Elmham, Norfolk, UK.
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
Amateur Entomologists' Society @amentsoc.bsky.social Weโve been sharing our passion for insects since 1935. As a UK charity, weโre here to make entomology exciting and accessible to all - especially amateur enthusiasts and young nature lovers. Our Bug Club helps kids discover the amazing world of minibeasts.
Dr Victoria J Burton @soilscholar.bsky.social Postdoc at Natural History Museum London - boosting nature in education. Fan of soil beasties! Amateur Entomologists' Society Trustee & Membership Administrator. She/her ๐
Kevin Walker @bsbiscience.bsky.social Plant ecologist based in North Yorkshire. Formerly at UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology @ukceh.bsky.social and now Head of Science at the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland @bsbibotany.bsky.social. Coauthor of http://plantatlas2020.org
James Harding-Morris @jameshardingmorris.bsky.social BSBI Countries Manager. Supporting our network of recorders across Britain and Ireland and working to engage people with plants through education and recording.
Dave @sylvatica2024.bsky.social Self taught botanist living in Cornwall, formerly Kent. Hoping to spread the joys of nature to others through my posts.
Cornwall blog at: https://sylvatica2022.blogspot.com/
Kent blog at: https://barbus59.blogspot.com/
@ukflora.bsky.social @ukflora.bsky.social
Stephen Plummer @stephenplummer.bsky.social Life-long passionate learner (and woeful photographer) of all things wild & wonderful!
Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social Botanist, mycologist, cyclist and gardener based in Norwich, UK. Wildlife, especially insects and other invertebrates. Author of Jeremy Bartlett's "Let It Grow" blog, https://www.jeremybartlett.co.uk.
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/
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)
Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social Palaeoecology, natural history, science, flora, fauna, microfossils. Researcher, writer, editor, photographer, and crocheter apparently, she/her
Blog: https://www.marshscapes.online/
Online shop: https://marshscapes.teemill.com
Jai ๐ชฒ๐ท๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ (VC59) @jaiiiiiii1.bsky.social Entomology, Photography, Postcards
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Collembola ๐ฑ - Coccinellidae ๐
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๐ Greater Manchester
Linda Birkin @ljbees.bsky.social Freelance entomologist with many proverbial hats - especially ento outreach, citizen science & urban ecology, and wildlife gardening in small spaces. (She/her) https://linktr.ee/LJBees
Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social A stunning Victorian building home to 7 million objects. Free entry, open 10-5 every day.
Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social Weโre the museum looking deeper into the Earthโs past to shape a new future where both people and planet thrive.
Protecting the planet, itโs in our nature. ๐
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 ๐ฆ
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
BENHS @britentsoc.bsky.social British Entomological and Natural History Society
www.benhs.org.uk
Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre @tverc1.bsky.social TVERC is the Local Environmental Records Centre for Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
Enabling data-driven decisions to better enhance and protect our natural environment.
https://linktr.ee/TVERC
Pan-species Listing @panspecieslisting.bsky.social Comparing and sharing adventures in biodiversity recording by all-taxa naturalists https://panspecieslisting.com/
NFBR @nfbr.bsky.social The National Forum for Biological Recording (NFBR) exists to promote the use of biodiversity information for strategic and local needs and to champion the biological recording community across the UK.
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
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. ๐ชฒ Events, field meetings and networking...๐ชฒ๐ชฒ
Website: https://www.colsoc.org/
Tristan Bantock @britishbugs.bsky.social Ecologist/Entomologist
Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social Local Government ecologist, Hampshire, UK.
Essex + Wessex.
BSBI recorder, South Hampshire
Shreyas Kuchibhotla @snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social Biology DPhil student at Oxford | Elapid (๐), Gnaphosid, Oonopid (๐ท๏ธ) and Scolopendrid (no centipede emoji) fan | Aspiring toxinologist | Hobbyist macro photographer
Diogo Verรญssimo @diogoverissimo.bsky.social Bringing together marketing & biodiversity conservation science. Research Fellow @UniofOxford | Board @europeansma | Chair IUCN Behaviour ChangeTask Force | ๐ต๐น
George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social Zoologist, entomologist, broadcaster and Zero Hour Ambassador.
Claudio Sbaraglia @entonerd.bsky.social PhD student in entomology ๐ชฒ๐ฆCommunity ecology | Chemical ecology and Biodiversity ๐๐
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/
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
Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social Dipterist, Entomologist, presenter, author, museum lover
Principal Curator, Flies and fleas, Natural History Museum, London, UK
London Wildlife Trust @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social Championing nature recovery in London, repairing our lost connection to the natural world since 1981.
#LondonWildlifeTrust
https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/
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/
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social Our Planet. Decoded.
๐๏ธ Counting The Earth podcast: https://tinyurl.com/CTEarthpodcast
๐ฐ Newsletter sign-up: https://tinyurl.com/ukceh-news
Simon Rolph @simon-rolph.com Better biodiversity monitoring @ukceh.bsky.social ๐Sheffield
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.
Miles King @milesking.bsky.social Winding down long career in UK nature conservation. Always interested in History - and now enjoying archaeology. Running a small urban wildlife project (@poundburynatureproject). Enthusiastic Cellist. Living with Chronic vestibular migraine. Personal a/c
George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Ungainly on land
Michael Pocock @mjopocock.bsky.social Nature-people-data. Likes interactions, especially ecological networks and nature-based citizen science
David Howdon @blotchedemerald.bsky.social General natural history type. Mainly lepidoptera and birds.
Martin Harvey @kitenet.bsky.social Mostly insects and biological recording, UK-based (he/him)
https://linktr.ee/kitenet
Chris Foster @chrisfoster.bsky.social The twit formerly known as hatbirder. Insects, birds, etc. Lecturer in ecology / entomology at University of Reading. See also @carabidaeuk.bsky.social.
Dave Goulson @davegoulson.bsky.social Scientist, specializing in bumblebees. Author of various books about insects. Trying to save the planet one bee at a time.
Liam Olds @liamolds.bsky.social ๐ฆ Entomologist | Invertebrate Ecologist
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Director of @gloinatur.bsky.social
๐ Passion for brownfields & wild bees
๐ชฒ Organiser of UK Oil Beetle Recording Scheme
๐ South Wales
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #SouthWalesValleys
๐ gloinatur.org
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).
Sandy Knapp @sandyknapp.bsky.social Botanistโฆ taxonomist of potatoes, tomatoes etc. and passionate advocate for nature everywhere ๐ฑ
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.
George R. L. Greiff @ilichenmoss2.bsky.social Research Associate in the Carella Group at the John Innes Centre. Interested in plant-microbe interactions, evo-devo and natural history. Microbotanist: bryology and bryo-mycology. Views his own.
Sam England @samjakeengland.bsky.social Ecology ๐ค physics. I'm a @humboldt-foundation.de postdoc fellow looking at the sensory systems and biomechanics of weird animals with @multipleye-lab.bsky.social ๐ท๏ธ๐ PhD was uncovering electrostatic ecology๐๐ฆโก
Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social Studying, appreciating, recording and conserving our wild plants, and supporting the botanists who care about them.
bsbi.org
#PlantAtlas2020
#100Plants2026
#WildFlowerHour
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British Arachnological Society @britishspiders.bsky.social The British Arachnological Society (BAS) is the UKโs only body devoted exclusively to the study of arachnids (spiders, harvestmen & pseudoscorpions): https://britishspiders.org.uk. To record GB spiders, please use https://irecord.org.uk/enter-srs-records.
Tylan Berry @tylanberry.bsky.social Spiders. It's all about the spiders.
Cornwall, UK ใใ
Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social Soil ecologist & macrophotographer | He/Him |
Author of 'The World Beneath Our Feet', publishing in Aug/Sep '26!
www.frankashwood.com
James McCulloch @jamesimcc.bsky.social Evolutionary genomics PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Institute/University of Cambridge. National recorder for springtails. Evolutionary biology, entomology, taxonomy, natural history...
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/person/mcculloch-james/
Tony Madgwick @tonymadgwick.bsky.social Passionate about nature, especially insects. London Natural History Society Recorder for Bees and Wasps. Occasional birder. Aspirant choral singer. Keen cyclist. And so much more!
Neil @uk-wildlife.bsky.social Was @Uk_wildlife + @PondManUK on Twitter
Environmental educator, Wildlife Photographer/filmmaker + Naturalist. I give talks too!
@ukwildlifepodcast.bsky.social Co-host
All opinions my own
Per Smiseth @persmiseth.bsky.social Behavioural ecologist @ University of Edinburgh. Parental care & family conflict, inbreeding. Biological recording & natural history in cemeteries, burial grounds & churchyards.
Mark Gurney @markgurn.bsky.social Iโm here for birds, insects, plants, and kind people. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ he/him
Ash Whiffin @ashwhiffin.bsky.social ๐ชฒ Entomologist, bonkers about beetles
๐ Museum Curator
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Usually found turning over logs/stones or poking in dead stuff.
(she/her)
๐ https://linktr.ee/Ash_Whiffin
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. ๐๐ชฑ๐ชฒ๐ท๏ธ๐๐ชผ๐ฆ
Posts by Keiron Derek Brown
AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social Gentleman Scientist, ancora imparo.
Trustee of NatureSpot: https://www.naturespot.org
LLPS Natural History Section: https://www.leicesterlitandphil.org.uk/Natural-History-Section
#Arachnids #Bugs #Environment #Hemiptera #Hymenoptera #Leicester
Ian Andrews @suillia.bsky.social Flies/sawflies mostly; mostly from Yorkshire, UK.
Run the UK Heleomyzid Recording Scheme...
https://dipterists.org.uk/heleomyzid-scheme/home
...and Yorkshire County Recorder for Sawflies
https://www.ynu.org.uk/recording-sections/sections/insects/sawflies
Andy Musgrove @andymus.bsky.social All-taxa naturalist, on a journey to understand what biodiversity really means. Freelance ecological consultant. Norfolk Sawfly Recorder. BUBO founder. Pan-species Lister.
James Emerson @norwichbirder.bsky.social Naturalist living in Norfolk (UK) - particularly interested in birds, fungi, psyllids and shieldbugs (also real ale, Forteana etc) Local patch = Whitlingham C.P. and the wider Norwich area.
Sporadically updated blog: http://jamesbirdsandbeer.blogspot.com/
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/
Bill Urwin @oldbilluk.bsky.social Interested in all things Natural History. Retired and volunteering for Avalon Marshes partners in Somerset. Member of RoAM, (Recorders of the Avalon Marshes) https://roam-somerset.org.uk. At present, doing a lot of DNA barcoding of fungi and lichens.
Daniel Blyton @invertdan.bsky.social Pan species lister based in North Essex, exploring all taxa since 2018 - making good progress in some, barely scratching the surface in others.
Cranefly Recorder for Essex.
Obsessed moth / non-moth trapper.
Keiron Derek Brown @earthwormuk.bsky.social ๐ชฑ Worm nerd and naturalist | Biological Recording Company | Earthworm Society | London Natural History Society ๐งช
๐ฌ๐ง Cumbrian living in London ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Andy Marquis @andym105.bsky.social Entomologist and pan-species lister based in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Current Section Secretary of Entomology at La Sociรฉtรฉ Guernesiaise https://societe.org.gg/.
Website at http://www.guernseywildlife.co.uk, working on an upgrade as I type this...