Peter Dearden @peterkdearden.bsky.social Geneticist, evolutionary biologist, evolution and development. Working mainly on insects, but also big green budgies and snails. Co Director of Genomics Aotearoa, Deputy Director of Bioprotection Aotearoa. Snarked on Substack.
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
Joss Carr @josscarr.bsky.social Entomologist, naturalist and obsessed biological recorder in the UK. Prolific on iNaturalist. Will talk your ear off about charismatic bias. Junior Naturalist at the Biological Recording Company with an MSc in Biodiversity and Conservation.
Harry Witts @hwitts.bsky.social Essex/Yorkshire ecologist, entomologist, birder
Tom Ward @tomwardplz.bsky.social Freelance botanist and Joint VCR for Worcestershire 🌿🌳 Serial question asker, always trying to learn. https://tomthebotanist.co.uk/
Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social Observer of the natural world, mostly in UK.
Mammals, insects, birds, plants, fungi it, they all catch my eye and via photographs and video, I like to share them with you.
Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com UK based in 🏴 Entomologist 🇵🇷
Former ITAP.gov Invert chair
Former US Labor Union Leader
Film Ent: imdb.com/name/nm13959020/
Editorial admin at: https://www.sswento.org/
Board Member: circulodepr.org
Views are personal.
Andy Symes @andysymes.bsky.social Up the hill past 694
At the stone wall make a left.
Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social Illustrator & cartoonist | Guardian & Prospect (full scripts in alt text) | graphic novels | children’s books | WFC | My stuff: https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart
Chris @fife-chris.bsky.social Ecology, nature, science, mountains…. In any combination!
Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social Your favourite archive's favourite archive.
We're the archives and local studies library for the historic county of Buckinghamshire, England, and the home of Buckinghamshire History Festival.
Website: buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/
Shreyas Kuchibhotla @snake-spider-et-al.bsky.social Biology DPhil student at Oxford | Elapid (🐍), Gnaphosid, Oonopid (🕷️) and Scolopendrid (no centipede emoji) fan | Aspiring toxinologist | Hobbyist macro photographer
Jean E Teall @finchduck.bsky.social Gardener, watcher of wildlife, reader, cake baker, European 🇪🇺, 🇺🇦, she/her, LGBTQ Ally 🏳️🌈, Charlie Cat's servant🐈, retired Uni Admin. Wrestling S.A.D. South Berkshire, UK- S Oli Pescott @sacrevert.bsky.social Blah blah blah blah, love me if you want to.
Wild Oxfordshire @wildoxfordshire.bsky.social 🌱 A charity seeking to create a more natural, resilient, and biodiverse Oxfordshire for the benefit of all. You can follow our work on our socials.
https://www.wildoxfordshire.org.uk/
Little Missenden Festival @ltmsdnfest.bsky.social Music festival held every October in the beautiful village of Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire. See https://www.little-missenden.org/ for more details.
Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com Lecturer in Environmental Science at Oxford Uni @ox.ac.uk @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk
Fellow at @kelloggoxford.bsky.social
Zoologist, science communicator, 🇵🇱 in 🇬🇧.
#AcademicSky 🧪
I write books, buy them!
https://linktr.ee/jbagniewska
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything.
Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷×
@kbjmanagement
adamrutherford.com
Mark Brown @markjfbrown.bsky.social Bees, ants, parasites, and pollinator conservation for work. Professor and Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge University. Nature, opera, fantasy novels, family, and reading for play 🐜 🐝 🦠 🏳️🌈
Morgan Morrison @morganmorrison73.bsky.social Pollinator conservation, networks and parasites 🦋🐝🦠 | Postdoc at University of Exeter | Former PhD at Royal Holloway | she/her
Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social Associate Director, Head of Special Collections at @theul.bsky.social | Co-Chair, @camglamresearch.bsky.social | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Wildflowers, hoverflies, photography
Will Millard @wm-nbn.bsky.social Data and Analytics Manager at the @nbntrust.bsky.social
#rstats #biodiversity #MakingDataWorkForNature
joeharkness.bsky.social @joeharkness.bsky.social Father. Special School Leader. Naturalist. Author of Bird Therapy, Inside/Outside and Neurodivergent, by Nature.
part-time Naturalist @p-hoags.bsky.social Garden Wildlife | Moths | Birds | Dragonflies | Reptiles | Wildflowers | Occasional Stone Botherer | Folk Horror | Hookland | Hampshire based VC11
https://part-timenaturalist.blogspot.com
https://awalkamongstthestones.blogspot.com
Radio France @radiofrance.fr Radio publique française : France Inter, franceinfo, France Bleu, France Culture, France Musique, FIP, Mouv’
Lizzie Harper Illustrator @lizzie-harper.bsky.social Professional freelance botanical & natural history Illustrator
Website: www.lizzieharper.co.uk
I love all the incredible plants & animals I get to illustrate in pen, pencil, and watercolour. Been at it 30 years and counting
Andrea Rowe @wildglamorgan.bsky.social Tea-fuelled | Ecologist & nature lover | South Wales | Mam to two girls
National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social Last November top UK experts briefed leaders on the latest science to galvanise genuine emergency action on the climate & nature. The film version of this landmark event launched 7.04.26.
Find a screening near you
https://www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
Kieran Anderson @andersonkieran.bsky.social Currently Misadventuring in Entomology.
Fascinated by soil dwelling invertebrates and the hymenoptera, mostly wasps. However, easily distracted by just about anything mycological, botanical or inverty.
David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social In order: father, husband, canoeist, biodiversity informatician. Opinions mine and not those of my employer.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7618-5230
Rich Burkmar @burkmarr.bsky.social I like nature and stuff.
BES Community Science Group @bes-communitysci.bsky.social Community (Citizen) Science group of the British Ecological Society
Sharing your #communityscience #citizenscience research, opportunities and events. Sign up to our newsletter https://tinyurl.com/commsci-signup
Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social Statistics expert and author of 'Sum of Us' (2025) and 'Bad Data' (2022). Research Affiliate at the Oxford Migration Observatory.
Formerly of the House of Commons Library. Now writing and podcasting on Substack https://georginasturge.substack.com/
Rod Page @rdmpage.bsky.social Expat Kiwi, emeritus Professor of Taxonomy at Glasgow University, inclined to say that something sucks at every available opportunity. Biodiversity informatics, phylogeny, knowledge graphs.
Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social Broadcaster & environmental campaigner
chrispackh.am/links
Humanists UK @humanists.uk We advance free thinking and promote humanism to create a tolerant society where rational thinking and kindness prevail.
@linbrice.bsky.social @linbrice.bsky.social
Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis.bsky.social A naturalist on the prowl. (New here, same handle on Twitter/X)
@wells4bees.bsky.social @wells4bees.bsky.social A great interest in all invertebrates, especially bumblebees and solitary bees.
A life-long love of the natural world has engendered grief and outrage as the loss of biodiversity and ‘shifting baselines’ have become the new normal.
Mick Jones @mickdjones.bsky.social Warden, Dancersend Nature Reserve, Bucks; MBE for conservation work; painter/writer; love beetles, fungi, slime moulds, the Chilterns & Armenia. Refugee from Twitter which used to be so good
Richard Watkins LRPS @losbirder.bsky.social Lydd on Sea resident, now happily Retired, enthusiastic observer of Birds, Moths, Butterflies, Dragonflies & some plants plus photography, usually found in the Dungeness area or close by.
Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social Books and Archives since 1683.
Website: orkneylibrary.org.uk
Linktree: linktr.ee/orkneylibrary
Steve Peppiatt @stevepmoth.bsky.social Moths and more Moths you have to love them
Rambling Ray @rayrambling.bsky.social 🦋 Connoisseur of Nature 🍷
🍄 Species observer 🔎
🐛 Wildlife Photographer 🌸
🌳 Admirer of Ancient Landscape 🌱
Connecting Nature through Expression
Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social Tan Smith.
Political Commentary.
Pisstaking.
Satire.
Dystopia Warner.
Writer.
Hate Tories? You’ll love me.
Woke as fuck.
YouTube https://youtube.com/@supertanskiii?si=4VUI_s-l7bfc1obT
You can shout a coffee here https://ko-fi.com/supertanskiii
Glo i Natur CIC @gloinatur.bsky.social Community interest company protecting and celebrating South Wales’ coalfield biodiversity and heritage 🦋 ⛏️
From coal to nature - protecting wildlife, connecting people, celebrating heritage 💚
#GloiNatur #CoaltoNature #CoalSpoil
🔗 gloinatur.org
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
gaia.eco - Biodiversity Studio @gaia.eco 🪸 Monitor species. Restore nature.
🌍 Data, KPIs, analytics and reports
🔎 Open up https://gaia.eco
British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk Fungal research, education, recording and conservation. https://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/
> Supporting & publishing mycological research & field studies
> Share your finds & get help with fungus ID: on.fb.me/1FF9eI
🍄#UKFungusDay - 10 October 2026🍄
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.
WayneS @wsnatureandfossils.bsky.social Nature. Happier outside.
Photographer - mainly macro 🐞🪲🐌
Fossil hunting and preparation
Website.... Dorsetmacrophotography.co.uk
Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com climate scientist
posts 100% my own
🇨🇦 is my home
distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech
chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy
board member, Smithsonian NMNH
advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT
alumna, UToronto and UIUC
author, Saving Us
Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social Historic site photographer, podcaster, wild camping YouTuber, Heathrow's IT Operations Manager. Scared of fish.
Lauren Cook @laurens-colours.bsky.social Molecular ecologist + Award-Winning Artist (#SciComm).
Sam England @samjakeengland.bsky.social Ecology 🤝 physics. I'm a @humboldt-foundation.de postdoc fellow looking at the sensory systems and biomechanics of weird animals with @multipleye-lab.bsky.social 🕷️👀 PhD was uncovering electrostatic ecology🐛🦋⚡
Penny Green @sussexemerald.bsky.social I'm the ecologist at the Wiston Estate in West Sussex, C permit BTO bird ringer, a hedgerow appreciator, podcaster and struggling runner. Check out the Wandering Ecologist Podcast for positive conservation news and fun adventures! All views are my own.
Liam Andrews @pseudoliam.bsky.social Birder, Ecologist, Entomologist, Pseudoscorpions.
Dr Morgan Hughes @thereremouse.bsky.social Bat researcher 🦇 Mostly crepuscular. Floridian Brit. Gen X. 3rd Culture Kid. Cat mom. ENFJ.
Paul Griffiths @disgwylfa.bsky.social Writer, most recently of: let me tell you (2nd edition), let me go on, The Tomb Guardians, Mr. Beethoven.
Posts here on sky, sea and coast in SW Wales, music and books
Rob Edmunds @vc28nature.bsky.social Leafmines/leafmines.co.uk/interested in nature
Val Woods @beetle10.bsky.social #environment, #wildlife, #nature & a few dogs.
Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social Londoner
Disappointed but not surprised
Christopher Blakey @christopherblakey.com 🎵 Theomousikos, Wycliffe Hall/University of Oxford
🦉 Wildlife watcher, recorder, and educator
📸 Mostly local photography- Oxfordshire (ex Durham)
🦋 Creator of https://durhammoths.org/
🌐 christopherblakey.com
📷 instagram.com/thewildlifewatcher
Jakob Jilg @weevil-see.bsky.social Entomologist (he/him) specializing in Curculionoidea ("weevils", "Rüsselkäfer")
Studying "Biodiversity & Ecosystem Health M.Sc."
📍 Frankfurt (Main) / Germany
https://www.instagram.com/weevil.see/
https://weevil-see.com/
Matt Wainhouse @funganaught.bsky.social Fungal ecology and conservation. Natural England fungi specialist. Tired parent.
Mia Croft (she/they) @miacroftento.bsky.social PhD Researcher @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ForagingEcology.bsky.social investigating impacts of artifical light at night on ecological networks, using eDNA and nutritional analysis 🧬🔬🌿🐛🐜🪲🦗🦋🪳🐝🐞🕷
Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve @rowantnnr.bsky.social Friends of Aston Rowant NNR sharing sightings and activities on and around the reserve. Tag us to share the news!
Galling, @galling.bsky.social The British Plant Gall Society Bluesky feed. See also our X feed @britgalls, our Facebbok site, British Plant Galls (in association with BPGS), and our website britishplantgallsociety.org
Adrian Smith @dradriansmith.bsky.social Scientist on-exhibit at NC Museum of Natural Sciences & NC State. Creator of Ant Lab on YouTube
Connor the Ecologist @connorbutler.bsky.social Queer Ecologist, Educator & Nature Guide 🪲
🏳️🌈 Come touch bugs with me 🐞
www.connorbutler.co.uk/upcoming-events
Mainly on instagram @connor_the_ecologist
Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social The home of Kew Science 👩🔬
🌱Collections
📚Archives
🍄Applied research
🤝Partnerships
🥼Training
👉More: linktr.ee/kewscience
Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social botanist and micromycologist from Belfast
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PhD student in Aberystwyth studying plant and fungal communities and grassland restoration
My websites: irishplants.org
plantpathogens.net
Oxford Contemporary Music (OCMevents) @ocmevents.bsky.social Presenting + promoting the best new music. https://linktr.ee/OCMevents
www.ocmevents.org
KetrinaDrawsALot @ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social Author. Illustrator. STEMinist.
https://ketrinadrawsalot.com
"Flower Mantises" t-shirt preorder: https://rawpaw.ink/collections/heaven-or-hell/products/flower-mantises-by-ketrinadrawsalot?_pos=283&_fid=8599d0519&_ss=c&variant=48116821557435
Steve Orridge @steveorridge.bsky.social A keen observer of the natural world. Retirement has given me more time to explore its wonders.
@caryocatactes.bsky.social @caryocatactes.bsky.social
Claire Carvell @clairecarvell.bsky.social
Tanyptera Project @tanyptera.bsky.social Promoting Invertebrate Recording & Conservation in North West England - Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside & Greater Manchester 🐝🐞🕷
https://linktr.ee/TanypteraProject
Phil Saunders @beardybirder.bsky.social Professional bird botherer & bug chaser (not like that), based in Dorset. Freelance ecologist / leader for Wildlife Travel #LGBTQinSTEM. Mainly birds, inverts, & plants, with the occasional arty photo. All views my own.
Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl 🌍 Biologist, 🪺 Studying strange animal nests, 📚 Author, 🧠 Doing science communication daily, 🏛️ Loves natural history, 🔥 Documenting the Anthropocene 🌐 www.aukeflorian.nl
📍 Leiden, The Netherlands
British Dragonfly Society @britishdragonflies.bsky.social
Caroline Bulman @drbulman.bsky.social Ecologist, butterflies & moths, landscape-scale conservation & species recovery.
Tamara Stefanovich @tamarastefanovich.bsky.social Pianist.Arthur’s mom. Also in SDLW band.Does drawings too.
Caroline Potter @carolinefrmus.bsky.social Award-winning author of books on Boulez, Satie, Boulanger and Dutilleux/ Visiting Reader in French Music, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire/
Contributing writer at I Care If You Listen/ https://substack.com/@carolinefrmus
Rosy Christopher @envirosyment.bsky.social Molecular entomology PhD student NCL @ForagingEcology 🕷️🧬 • RES Student rep 🪲 • First gen • She/They • #NeurodivergentinSTEM #PrideinEnto
Carrion Beetle Recording Scheme @carrionbeetlesuk.bsky.social The Carrion Beetle Recording Scheme - Promoting the recording of #CarrionBeetles in the U.K. 🔎
http://www.coleoptera.org.uk/silphidae/home
James Hammond @jamesehammond.bsky.social Postdoc in Clark lab @geneticscam.bsky.social
Segmentation, Robustness, Evolvability
Lepidoptera and Birds
jewh.github.io
Jack Hatfield @jackhhatfield.bsky.social I am a researcher in the fields of landscape, community and functional ecology
Dandelion Appreciation Society @dandelionappre1.bsky.social Championing dandelions and all the other under appreciated wild things.
@marcbotham.bsky.social @marcbotham.bsky.social
Dave Emley @demley.bsky.social naturalist, bird report editor
Brad Scott @trichocolea.bsky.social Working with the Sloane Herbarium @qmul.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social • HPS @stsucl.bsky.social (1980s) • @routledgebooks.bsky.social (1990s) • publishing technologist • DH • bryophyte recorder, Sussex @bbsbryology.bsky.social
Dr Jess Stokes @jess-stokes.bsky.social Research Scientist working with vector-borne diseases, Culicoides midges, mosquitoes and horseflies. Interested in outreach, livestock diseases, zoonotic diseases, parasitology, welfare, entomology & ecology.
Will Nash @nashalselection.bsky.social (he/him)
Landscape Genomics | Insect Biodiversity | IDEA in STEM
Neurodivergent Researcher
Tim Strudwick @timstrudwick.bsky.social Norfolk UK based former nature reserve manager, bee and wasp county recorder, biodiversity obsessive, allotmenteer, stuff like that.
Caroline Byrne @caroline-byrne.bsky.social Hobbyists photographer, interested in ecology especially invertebrates, (and how my new build 2018) biodiversity develops. Based in North Cotswolds 🇬🇧🌎
All photos my own (unless repost or stated)
Elena Pearce @elenapearce.bsky.social Ecologist understanding past reference conditions for nature restoration @EconovoAU @EcoinfAU🌿🐞 She/her
Ellie Wilson @elliewilsonuk.bsky.social Violinist | Composer 🦋 | Music Consultant | Gardener I Mum
💿 'Memory Islands' out now @bigoandtwigetti
🦋 'Moth x Human' out now @nmcrecordings