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-listinghttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mu7t4evcbc2bPresenting the Biodiversity Challenge initiative. Are you doing a degree in biology, zoology, marine biology, ecology & conservation or something similar? Then Biodiversity Challenge might be for you. https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/08/biodiversity-challenge.html Artwork by Unorthodox Sketch!29 Aug 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7t4evcbc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mu5j42ycos24Here's a longer write up of that epic day Colne Point and the new grasshopper Harry Witts spotted, along with a whole load of other stuff! https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-times-they-are-changin.html28 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5j42ycos24https://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mu352sbiuk2jThis was an absolutely insanely good day, well done @hwitts.bsky.social on another epic find! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu352sbiuk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3msno2jluys2zI recorded my 10,000th species on Thursday at @sandwichbirdobs.bsky.social. Here's the full story... https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-saw-my-10000th-species.html09 Aug 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3msno2jluys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mrpytqu4nc25Here's the full story of what we believe to be the start of the colonisation of yet another new orthopteran to the British Isles. https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/07/team-cricket-how-we-found-cricket-new.html28 Jul 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpytqu4nc25https://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mq564xmk6s2aWe 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. https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/07/pan-species-listing-at-global-birdfair.html08 Jul 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq564xmk6s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mpnggtarj227https://analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/07/181-days.html A quick update on the PSL year listing challenge. I have seen 3,840 species in the first 181 days of 2026!02 Jul 2026 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnggtarj227https://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3ml3ouefmjc2sDoes anyone have a photo of the Sussex Spotted Sandpiper/s I could use for a presentation please?05 May 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3ouefmjc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mk34tkkkcs2cWhy 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.22 Apr 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk34tkkkcs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3mj7ujlrfdc2iIt was great to meet you too Erica! I really enjoyed those two hours. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7ujlrfdc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/graemelyons.bsky.social/post/3miril33sck2cIt was so awesome!!! Thanks mate. That was one unforgettable day. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:gc2si3og7a673bxry4weetc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3miril33sck2c