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Here's the full story of what we believe to be the start of the colonisation of yet another new orthopteran to the British Isles.

Trapped with Sussex Moth Group in the garden of Petworth House NT by special arrangement. #TeamMoth 6NFY Oak Hook-tip Ear Moth agg. Mullein Wave Stenoptilia pterodactyla? Catoptria pinella. Eucosma hohenwartiana? Got to see @graemelyons.bsky.social ticking off a few more species 😳

Very pleased to have @graemelyons.bsky.social as a speaker at the Kent Wildlife Conference this October, talking on "Pan-species listing – how to become a super-naturalist". Open to all: go to tinyurl.com/WildConf2026 for details & booking. #pansspecies #panspecieslisting #biologicalrecording

If you are at the (Global) Bird Fair (I'm not) then look out for these two books which I recommend. I know the authors are present. Pan Species Listing @graemelyons.bsky.social review bit.ly/4eUG3HN Love is a Toad @lucylapwing.bsky.social review bit.ly/4vRihSV

We are at Birdfair again but this time I will be selling my book, come find us on Robin 76. Details of what we are up to and when in the blog below. analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/07/pan-...

analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/07/181-... A quick update on the PSL year listing challenge. I have seen 3,840 species in the first 181 days of 2026!

Great trip with NRW & @naturambyth.bsky.social to look for rare fen inverts at Cors Geirch NNR. Idiocera sexguttata (Cranefly), Ground Beetle Chlaenius tristis (only UK site), Attulus caricis. @graemelyons.bsky.social @liamolds.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

A very impressive looking male Ozyptila scabricula, collected as a sub adult a moth ago right at the edge of a friable cliff slip near Land's End. A pretty identical situation to where I had it with @graemelyons.bsky.social on the Lizard in April. @britishspiders.bsky.social

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Species 8,559: Parna tenella, a small sawfly that creates leaf-mines/rolls in lime leaves, found during lunchbreak of yday's @nfbr.bsky.social conference in Birmingham. Guessed it was this, now keyed; black tegulae & all-yellow legs rule out P apicalis @graemelyons.bsky.social @josscarr.bsky.social

Who has seen the most species in the UK? With ~70,000 eukaryotes, Pan-Species Listing lets naturalists track lifetime totals Join our FREE entoLIVE on 13 May w/ PSL recorder @graemelyons.bsky.social sharing stories from the top 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977266072... @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

Hi Michael, is it OK to use this one in my talk about biological recording/pan-species listing etc?

We have such a great FREE webinar for you 7-8pm tomorrow night 6 May! Legendary ecologist, author & pan-lister @graemelyons.bsky.social will be explaining why getting to know your plants facilitates recording of other species groups. Book here: bsbi.org/take-part/ev... Ideal for beginner recorders!

Ynys Wyllt visit yesterday produced some cracking spiders Arctosa leopardus and a Trochosa female which might be spinipalpis, but will probably just be terricola after 🔬. Only 1 previous spider record for site. @britishspiders.bsky.social @tylanberry.bsky.social @graemelyons.bsky.social

Thanks Michael, couldn't DM you for some reason. Any shot would do really! Many thanks.

Does anyone have a photo of the Sussex Spotted Sandpiper/s I could use for a presentation please?

Awesome!

Quota. They clearly have too many trees to do and not enough staff, so push right up the line (end of April). Problem is, that line has shifted due to climate change but they have not.

Why are @brighton-hove.gov.uk doing work on elms on a warm sunny day with temps expected of 17 degrees in the middle of the bird breeding season?! The rest of the week will have temps of 18 to 19 degrees. Scolytus scolytus could well be flying then, so this cutting could be SPREADING ELM DISEASE.

Pan-Species Listing challenges naturalists to record every UK species they’ve seen across all groups of life 🦋🌿🍄 Join @graemelyons.bsky.social for a FREE entoLIVE on how PSL builds skills and valuable wildlife records. 📅 13 May 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977266072... @panspecieslisting.bsky.social