Graeme Lyons

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

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Jacob Wood
@jacob-wood.bsky.social

Hermaea variopicta (Fire-tipped Sea Slug) at Wembury Point today. A very rare Sacoglossan Sea Slug; just the 8th British record I believe!

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

This was an absolutely insanely good day, well done @hwitts.bsky.social on another epic find!

Harry Witts@hwitts.bsky.social

Very exciting to kick this up at Colne Point, Essex on Saturday, just moments after remarking how I didn’t think I’d recognise a grasshopper new to Britain. Sphingonotus caerulans, the second British, and likely first natural record. Found with @graemelyons.bsky.social and @josscarr.bsky.social

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Dungeness Bird Observatory
@dungenessbirdobs.bsky.social

A Verge Cricket heard at Lydd-on-sea for a few hours on Saturday night (and into early hours of Sunday) couldn't be relocated last night. Seemingly a second for Britain? The more regular orthoptera put on a good show over the weekend with Tree Cricket, Large Conehead, Sickle-bearing all seen.

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Kent Field Club
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social

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

tinyurl.comKent Wildlife Conference 2026THE KENT WILDLIFE CONFERENCE SATURDAY 24th October 2026 Darwin Conference Suite, Darwin College, University of Kent The Kent Wildlife Conference is an opportunity for all those interested in the...

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
@bsbibotany.bsky.social

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!

bsbi.orgWebinar: Recording For Beginners - Why getting to know your plants facilitates recording of other species groups
Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

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.

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

It was great to meet you too Erica! I really enjoyed those two hours.

Erica McAlister@flygirlnhm.bsky.social

I finally get to see/meet the rather amazing @graemelyons.bsky.social in action. Spotted here with @kneppwildlandfdn.bsky.social’s own Charlie Harpur in the walled garden doing an impressively fast species inventory.. And the visitors loved his knowledge 🤓

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NFBR
@nfbr.bsky.social

@graemelyons.bsky.social – The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing ⚠️ Join us at the NFBR Conference on 8 May for a provocative take on AI in recording—are we gaining convenience at the cost of deep knowledge? 🔗 Book now!: bit.ly/4sZO4iz #NFBRConference2026 #AI #BiologicalRecording

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Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

It was so awesome!!! Thanks mate. That was one unforgettable day.

Tylan Berry@tylanberry.bsky.social

I have done this cliff at Kynance to death over the last year - other than the elusive Altella lucida, I thought I had it nailed...A bit of stone turning with @graemelyons.bsky.social this week turned up Ozyptila scabricula! An amazing addition to the Lizard spider list! @britishspiders.bsky.social

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NFBR
@nfbr.bsky.social

Can't wait to see you and your lovely books in person in May @graemelyons.bsky.social for our 40th Anniversary conference! 🔗 Book your place: bit.ly/4sZO4iz!

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Graeme Lyons@graemelyons.bsky.social

A fantastic review of my book by Steve Gale. Many thanks Steve!

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

Amazing! Looking forward to seeing your lists go up on the website. Hope you enjoy it.

Megan Crewe@meegsy.bsky.social

Got stuck into my birthday present from Mike this evening. Given our longtime garden project, it's the perfect tome! Next up is setting up a PSL account and inputting all my lists. That could take awhile! 🙃 @graemelyons.bsky.social

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

1/2 #speciesaday no. 689 is Oxyopes heterophthalmus. Nationally Rare & Vulnerable. Found on mature heathland in Surrey where it is widespread. Not seen in the New Forest for over a 100 years. Oddly missing from the West Sussex heaths that are not that far away. A bit jumpy. Lots of leg spines.

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

2/2 I have 11 records. Even managed a new hectad for it in 2020, where it just nudges into SU93 at the south end of Witley Common. I have records then from four hectads in total.

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

1/2 #speciesaday no. 688 is Dipoena melanogaster. Endangered & Nationally Rare. A very rare spider with its UK stronghold at Box Hill, where it can be beaten from the low branches of shrubs. Quite unlike the other Dipoena type spiders, more like a Theridiid with that patterned abdomen.

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

2/2 I have just two records, one from Box Hill and then last year, an entirely new hectad record north of the river! Might have been my spider find of the year but I trumped it with Aulonia.

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

1/2 #speciesaday no. 687 is Cynaeda dentalis. A distinctive crambid that looks like a parched grass flower head. Nationally scarce a. Feeds on Viper's-bugloss. My records are between 9th June and 9th September. This one was disturbed from rest in the day near the car park at West Beach last summer.

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

2/2 a real south east speciality, my first record was at Dungeness back in 2001 when I started my career in conservation - which will be 25 years ago this summer. I have just six records.

Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social

I am doing a talk on the book on Saturday for Haslemere Natural History Society at 2.15 pm at Haslemere Museum. They allow non-members too but for a £5 donation. I will also be selling the book at a discounted rate.

haslemerenaturalhistorysociety.org.ukForthcoming Indoor Meetings - Haslemere Natural History SocietyWinter Talks  Meetings are held at Haslemere Educational Museum, High Street, Haslemere and with the exception of the AGM, are open to both Museum and Natural History Society members without charge. C...