Henk-Jan van der Veen @henk-janvdveen.bsky.social * Plantenecoloog, was 23 jr boswachter, verbind nu natuur en mensen bij Landschapsbeheer Drenthe
* NL/conservationist/ecologist/botany
* UK-lover/gardens/weather/climate
David Misstear @dmisstear.bsky.social Irish wildflowers, butterflies and other bits and bobs I see while out walking.
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 🌿🌼🐛🐝🐿🦌
Sean Cole - Wildlife account @worldofwildlife.bsky.social Wildlife enthusuiast, especially birds and orchids, but interested in everything. Author of "Britain's Orchids" from Wildguides along with Mike Waller. Also run @ukorchids.bsky.social .
Paul Bowerman @severnsidebirds.bsky.social Severn Beach birder since first visit in 1973. Retired NHS Chief Biomedical Scientist. BTO WeBS counter since 1984, Vismigger & Twitcher (British list 516) Owner of minature Schnauser called CJ. Alotmenteer. See http://www.severnsidebirds.co.uk/index.html
Butterfly Conservation (Dorset Branch) @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social We are the Dorset Branch of Butterfly Conservation. Butterfly Conservation (BC) is a UK-wide organisation with 32 branches working together to help butterflies and moths.
www.dorsetbutterflies.com
Neil Forbes @treebeard793.bsky.social Ecologist, based in South Cumbria, working across NW England and SW Scotland. Mostly focused on coastal, wetland, limestone and upland habitats; botany, birds & Natterjacks. Views my own.
@marcusbugs.bsky.social @marcusbugs.bsky.social Bug fan, book fan, especially bug book fan.
Usually looking at bugs while walking the Westie. Blurry photos a specialty 🙁.
#LitterPicker. Edinburgh, Scotland
Alfred @alfredord.bsky.social
GrahamGoodfellow @grahamgood.bsky.social
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 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🇬🇧
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
Palustris @palustris.bsky.social Ecologist. Meadows, mires & meres. Wetland beetles, fen creation, Teesside birds. Against Trump, Putin & Farage.
babsspence.bsky.social @babsspence.bsky.social Mainly interested in botany (including bryophytes, though a beginner on these).
Pam McInnes @pammcinnes.bsky.social Lover of the natural world, especially wildflowers, fungi and butterflies.
Owen Leyshon @dungenessowen.bsky.social
Iain Darbyshire @iaindarbyshire1.bsky.social Research botanist at RBG Kew: 🌿African Acanthaceae, Important Plant Areas 🌺| Keen birder, all-round naturalist | 🦁 Aston Villa 🙌🏼 | Views are my own
David Elston @1davidelston.bsky.social I will use BlueSky to share discoveries of and observations about higher plants, mostly in and around Aberdeen, Scotland
Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social UK project to raise awareness and interest in plants, highlighting species interactions (plants and inverts, galls, fungi etc) & encouraging plant recording during the Big Meadow Search (1st June-31st Aug). All welcome #nature #plants bigmeadowsearch.co.uk
worcsorchids.bsky.social @worcsorchids.bsky.social British wild orchids, Dragonflies, Wildlife gardening, Hillwalking
Roger Harding @rogercharding.bsky.social Lover of all things natural history, particularly orchids, butterflies, birds.
Also, travelling to photograph them.
Play harmonica and poker and love whisky
Stevie P @stevieparsons.bsky.social Mostly orchids, flowers and fungi (with the odd bird and insect thrown in)
Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social 4AD nut, shoegazer, ex Plant Biologist now Web Developer at Oxford Uni. Committee Member of the Friend's of Earlham Cemetery. Fungi botherer & flora finder with some of Norfolks best botanists & field mycologists
Mastodon: @ians4AD@mas.to
Twitter: @Ians4AD
Judy Webb @judywebb.bsky.social Ecologist, Palynologist (pollen expert) quite good at Botany, Entomology & Mycology. Conservationist. Ex School Teacher, Ex Forensic Scientist.
@bogtrotter2024.bsky.social @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social Passionate about environmental conservation & wildlife. Peatland campaigner & field naturalist.🦋 Yorkshire & Humberhead Levels area.
Fran Sinclair @notfrangible.bsky.social Plants are my passion but the rest of the world is pretty fascinating, too. Except sport.
wild-life-ranger @wild-life-ranger.bsky.social All things Natural History Wild Flowers Plants Birds Butterflies Moths Insects and Photography
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
Geoff Burton @swalebirder.bsky.social Mostly a lot of Kent birding
Jeff, Stopping by Woods @jeffontherock.bsky.social Hiker, backpacker, forager, fisher, gardener, fossil finder, iPhone nature pic taker, nature nerd. Retired (biologist, ec. dev. practitioner, entrepreneur). 🇨🇦
Paul Selby @selbypaul.bsky.social Butterfly Holiday Guide for Mariposa Nature Tours, Street Tree Campaigner, Elm Tree enthusiast, European Butterfly Watcher & Civil Servant.
Mariposa Nature Tours @mariposanature.bsky.social Expert-led butterfly & botany tours
Proud to donate funds to help support the work of conservation organisations Butterfly Conservation Europe, Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, et al.
https://linktr.ee/mariposanature
Mike Langman @clennonvalley.bsky.social Bird illustrator, Birder mostly Devon, birdwatching guide, wildlife bird tour leader, keen seawatcher.
TRSakib @leaf-and-life.bsky.social Silent progress 🤫➡️📈 is the loudest answer 💥 to the world 🌍.
🌳 Nature-inspired — calm, green, and quiet
💻 Web developer, mindful builder
📈 Learning trading with patience
Sharon Moncur @sharonmoncur.bsky.social Occasionally write a blog at renaissancegardener.org
Natural world gardens plants family
Sussex & France
Travel music books laughter
Christian
Late diagnosed autistic
OH has Parkinson’s
Dr Richard Bate @thenewgalaxy.bsky.social That guy who found a ghost #orchid
Botanist with particular interest in British & European #Orchids. Tour leader for Mariposa Nature and member of #Wildflowerhour team
Have placed #dental implants since 2009, favouring Southern site-specific systems
Duncan Dine @duncan-dine.bsky.social Long time Glos and worldwide birder enjoying flora and fauna of the Cotswolds and beyond
Becky CMD @beckycmd.bsky.social “With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.”
🧐 Nature, history, travel, food, languages & linguistics.
Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social Haunter of woodlands, field ecologist, botanist & photographer.
https://linktr.ee/JoStephen
Patrícia Nicoloso @patricianicoloso.bsky.social Fotos de aves na natureza. | Pictures of birds in nature. // Fotos autorais. | All of the photos are mine.
https://patricianicoloso.tumblr.com/
Stephen Welch @lothianrecorder.bsky.social Lothian SOC bird recorder from 2011: bird atlas, gull/tern ring reading, vismig/nocmig, Seton/Gosford patch, surveys, roosts & garden birding
David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social Manager of Isle of May National Nature Reserve since 2015 having been on Farne Island 2001-2014. Also Scottish Birds Records Committee (SBRC) Chair
@rogerrob473.bsky.social @rogerrob473.bsky.social
Cliff Smith @0100011s.bsky.social Birds and Cake!
Ploddingbirder @ploddingbirder.bsky.social Mainly Dungeness birds and moths, sea watching.
Vic Savery @severnrover.bsky.social Birds Bugs & Bacon rolls. Based in South Gloucestershire. Wildlife photography & sightings mostly in the Bristol & Severnside area but also #Somerset #Gloucestershire #Wiltshire. #Birds #nature #wildlife #WildlifePhotography. #Bristol #Photography #art
Rob Rackliffe @robrackliffe.bsky.social Kent Birder, live by Walmer Beach, Wildlife Photography. 🖤 bird migration esp raptors. Organise birding trips for small groups. Trustee of Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory.
Marc Heath @marcheath.bsky.social Kent Birder, county Dragonfly Recorder for Kent, Tour Leader and Northern Lights fanatic. www.marcheath.blogspot.com
Matt Ames @mattames6.bsky.social Obsessed with natural history. Bedfordshire based
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.
Martine🦋Brennan🍄 @martinebrennan.bsky.social Sharing the joy of nature: especially butterflies, moths, hoverflies, garden birds, fungi, wildflowers. Most sightings from Laois, (mid ROI), some in Dublin, Ireland.
PhD Food Microbiology UoR
#teammoth #wildflowerhour #fungifriday
Wild Orchids UK & IE @ukorchids.bsky.social British and Irish orchids, with occasional orchid posts from other areas.
Run by Sean Cole
Greenwings Wildlife Holidays @greenwingstours.bsky.social Expert-led & enjoyable butterfly & botany holidays worldwide. Established 2010.
We are conservationists & proudly support Butterfly Conservation Europe & the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland.
https://linktr.ee/greenwingstours
Bruna Roqué @bruna-roq.bsky.social Natural History Illustrator 🦋
I'm passionate about natural history collections, documentaries, wildlife in general and birds in particular! 🐦⬛
OM System & Zeiss Nature Ambassador
www.brunaroque.com
Mike C @grandpaegg.bsky.social Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire Also on Mastodon redgreenmick@mas.to
Interests include social work, Gloucester Rugby, Gloucestershire and West Indies cricket, Bristol Rovers,birding, nature, countryside, folk and acoustic music, real and craft ale.
Steve @kingsdowner.bsky.social Enjoying the nature and history of east Kent, after a lifetime of spreadsheets.
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be"
British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social Interested in all the natural world has to offer, with a particular focus on Birds, Moths and Butterflies. Also quite keen on Fungi, Plants, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fish and Insects. Did I leave anything out? Supporting #BirdsSeenIn2026
Karen Andrews @botanykaren.bsky.social Wiltshire and Somerset botanist, nature-lover and garden visitor. Languages and photography.
https://botanykaren.net
Dr Astrid Biddle @astridbiddle.bsky.social Senior Plant Ecologist Freshwater Habitats Trust
BSBI Recorder for Buckinghamshire. BBS Joint Recorder Herts.
Views my own.❤️Aquatic plants & many others.
Photos by Guy @photosbyguy.bsky.social U.K based Wildlife / Nature Photographer and enthusiast, based in the Lake District, Cumbria. All photos my own (Nikon Z8) and my wildlife journal is on my website if you have trouble sleeping 😴 photosbyguy.co.uk
Anna Shergold @annashergold.bsky.social Retired IT professional, living in Hampshire. Trying out where the skies are blue, and the sun always shines. Any photos, unless reposts are my own. Interests: crafts, wild flowers, orchids, nature, the environment, #Wilder, Fluffy Buffy the Berner 🐶💐📚🐝
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/
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
Andy Mackay @leicesterllama.bsky.social Leicestershire & Rutland birder and artist. UK birding, particularly Eyebrook Reservoir, moths and general wildlife stuff.
🚫No AI🚫
http://www.ajm-wildlife-art.co.uk
Phil Jones @philj61.bsky.social “Don’t Let Me Hear You Say Life’s Taking You Nowhere”
Birder, Natural History Lover, Painter, Vinyl Collector, Allotmenteer😎
Music lover - Bowie, Kate Bush etc…
BOU 536🐦⬛
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.
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.
Chris Thorogood @christhorogood.bsky.social Associate Professor of Biology at Oxford University; plant chaser; artist; author. Find me on Insta @illustratingbotanist
Gary Woodburn @gary-woodburn.bsky.social Full time carer, a little bit of local patch birding and photography to keep things sane(ish).
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
Rachel P 🌿 @rach0penno.bsky.social I enjoy natural history (esp. botany), wildflowers, ecology, local history, archaeology and genealogy. Happiest on long family walks in the countryside. 🌿🍁🍄🍂🌼🌳
Mark Eaton @markaeaton.bsky.social Scientist, conservationist, naturalist, birder. Secretary of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel & ornithologist for hire. Loves all of that plus dogs, music, leftwing politics, football, Northumberland, family. He/him.
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.
Graham Appleton @wadertales.bsky.social Writer & life-long birdwatcher.
Formerly Director of Communications for BTO.
#WaderTales blogs about #waders #shorebirds #birds #ornithology
Mark Coller @markcoller.bsky.social Birding, butterflies, and dragonflies.
Mark Dowie @mpro7id.bsky.social
Darren Pearce @yatebirder.bsky.social Birder & Twitcher, who enjoys travelling
Jeremy Sanders @jeremyjem.bsky.social Linguist, inorganic chemist, keen naturalist and amateur photographer. Interested in wild birds, especially wildfowl, other wildlife and wildflowers, orchids and parasitic/carnivorous plants.
Sussex Wildlife Trust @sussexwildlife.bsky.social Sussex Wildlife Trust. For everyone who cares about nature in Sussex. Become a member, volunteer & support our campaigns. Header photo - Sprat shoal © Paul Parsons
https://sussexwildlifetrust.org.uk/
Dave Bryant 🇪🇸 @davebspain.bsky.social I try to photograph nature, mostly birds & I'm having fun with it.
All my own photos, they are taken in the wild and are copyright©
John Martin @pilning.bsky.social Birds, botany, insects and stuff mainly but not always in Shropshire and often Venus Pool
Pagan Birders @paganbirder.bsky.social aka Penny (photos) and Ann (digiscope) a love of all of nature especially Birds, Butterflies & Orchids. Often found wandering on the Quantocks & the Somerset levels.
Venetia @venetiajm.bsky.social We pass through this day but once
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
Indikon @indikon.eurosky.social Mainly taking photos of small things that catch my eye while walking with the dog. Was a physicist long ago. Sometimes play with threads and paints. Have a slight book habit.
Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social Architectural Photographer on a camper-van-camino. 📸🚐🏛️ 🎨
Architecture, Art, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture, Genius Loci Digest.
Links: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshall-bio/
Digest: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co
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
Sean Foote @thedetermin8or.bsky.social Wildlife geek. All aspects of ID, Moths, Birds, Plants, Fungi etc.
Claire Lampard @lampsie.bsky.social Bees, butterflies, birds, wildflowers, gardening for wildlife etc
Gardener for a private estate in Kent, UK
Jo Hood @jobirding.bsky.social Birder, ringer, crazy bug lady, photographer, FBO treasurer. Views all my own.
Amy S @lizardschwartz.bsky.social senior ecologist | birder | part-time twitcher | naturalist | bat carer | C-permit bird ringer | nerdy about wildlife/dogs/Pokémon
Vix Osborne @naturecrone.bsky.social Remainer, climate concerned, gardener, in quilter, dog lover, naturalist, curious peasant, foodie, marmalade maker
Divisilvestre 🦉🍉🏳️🌈 @carmenmarple.aldea.social Traductora con pájaros en la cabeza.
EN - DE > ES
Avatar: Mulher pássaro, Lena Gal
Sylvia Davidson @sylviad.bsky.social Wanderer through the Sussex countryside by foot, bus and train. Bit of an obsession with lichens
@anneontheshelf.bsky.social @anneontheshelf.bsky.social Love nature, fresh air and books. Supporter of libraries. Monmouth, Wales, UK.
Deb Fielden @debfielden.bsky.social Wildlife rehabilitator and student/volunteer coordinator at Cuan Wildlife Rescue in Shropshire. Previously an early years teacher, consultant, lecturer. Bit of a Wolves fan 🐺
Dr Marcus Rhodes @marcusrhodes.bsky.social Ecologist in pursuit of butterflies. Postdoc at the University of Exeter, Cornwall working on nature recovery and species' responses to climate change. Chair of Cornwall Butterfly Conservation. He/Him
Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social Early modern historian, writing ‘The Church in Interregnum England c1649-62'.
Illustrator & co-author 'Nature's Calendar' (Granta, 2023). Environmentalist.