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

You don't have to take this much kit to go @panspecieslisting.bsky.social (but it helps)

Highly recommend the blog! Now to get hold of a copy of his new @panspecieslisting.bsky.social book. analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/02/my-b...

Found this lovely little Turkeytail bracket fungus growing on a dead stump in the garden. Is it just me, or does it look a bit like an old Victorian bodice - ruffles, high neck and all?! @norfolknats.bsky.social @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

Didn't have to wait long - a fly from the same marsh as the previous spider turns out to be a spiny-winged fly that I've not seen before: Suillia parva, species no. 6000! Fly and spider from the HQ of @britentsoc.bsky.social - Dinton Pastures in Berkshire @suillia.bsky.social

Two nice #beetles found today in #Northumberland take my British #panspecies list to 2000. Crepidodera fulvicornis, a copper-gold metallic leaf beetle was no. 1999, & a tiny weevil, Protapion apricans took me to 2000. Now 6 lifers for this year’s #CityNatureChallenge @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

Psilothrix veridicoerulea, sunbathing at Durdle Door @panspecieslisting.bsky.social #invertebrates #dorsetwildlife

I found a whole new order of creature in the garden this week: Ostracoda! Dozens of these tiny crustaceans were swimming around in a sunken upside-down bin lid we use as a ground level water feature in the back corner of our pocket meadow. @norfolknats.bsky.social @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

Very pleased to make it to 1,000 species on PSL, onward and upward! And nice that no.1000 is the handsome hoverfly Epistrophe eligans @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

Not exactly celebrating a potential addition to my @panspecieslisting.bsky.social list. Haemaphysalis leporispalustrys ? As it was on domestic Rabbit can it only be this species? Any pointers would be great

This is it! The most Northerly native Pasqueflower in UK, for many years it’s hung on for dear life, Ledsham, Yorks @bsbibotany.bsky.social @panspecieslisting.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Puccinia tumida a Rust found on the Leaves and Petioles of Pignut, probably best time to keep an eye out for the it #fungus @panspecieslisting.bsky.social #mycology

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Banstead Downs, Surrey: plenty of the naturalised ‘giant’ weevil Lixus iridis on show at the western end of Freedown Lane - search the hogweed and nettles - several in cop @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

I think I recognise that bridge. You might be interested in this superb account of nudibranch hunting in the Menai Strait here by @panspecieslisting.bsky.social champion @graemelyons.bsky.social Must dig my waders out and get on down! 😊 analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/07/?m=1

Went to check out the invasive ant colony in B&Q car park in Worksop, which are also present at the Notcutts Garden Centre at Welbeck, I understand it is Tapinoma magnum. @hymenopterists.org.web.brid.gy @sorbynathissoc.bsky.social @panspecieslisting.bsky.social #ants

For any @panspecieslisting.bsky.social folk using the M25 to the north of London, these are an easy and fun addition for your lists

Wow! Just hit the 1000 species milestone for my @panspecieslisting.bsky.social Britain, etc. Life List Considering it contains birds and moths it's probably not many in the grand scheme of things, but happy days. My 1000th, hello Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) from a retrospective trawl, 21/04/2019

Completely chuffed to bits to finally get to see local Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) and a great addition to my @panspecieslisting.bsky.social list #Hull #UKWildlife

Pan-species listing, the book and the author @graemelyons.bsky.social northdownsandbeyond.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

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

Looks like exciting an upsurge in @panspecieslisting.bsky.social listers recently, I expect the wonderful Pan-Species Listing book's release has had a hand in this? Of course the downside to this is my tenuous grip on the top 200 has slipped significantly. #Musttryharder ☺️

Belated Christmas gift from my wife which arrived yesterday. A phenomenal and comprehensive achievement, thank you @graemelyons.bsky.social! Recommended to naturalists of any stripe or hue

Last weekend, @bsbicountries.bsky.social and I made the "pan-species listing pilgrimage" to southeast Wales to meet Christian Owen and see all the amazing soil creatures there! @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

It's publication day!

Very pleased to get my hard copy of @graemelyons.bsky.social excellent book. See my review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s... I broke my rule of not giving jacket quotes for this book. Great cover, Rachel Hudson. Thnx for publishing @pelagic.bsky.social #naturalhistory #wildlife

New mollusc subgroups added to PSL this morning. As well as looking at the rankings, you can use this to check out your top slug and snail targets

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🌿 It’s publication day! Where to Watch Wildlife in Britain is here – your low‑carbon guide to 100+ wildlife sites across the UK, all reachable by train, bus, bike or on foot. @meganshersby.bsky.social @heatherdevey.bsky.social @rebeccaonthewing.bsky.social

New on the blog! Read a sample chapter of Pan-Species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social 📖 Take a look 👀➡️ https://tinyurl.com/uye72vtd #panspecies #identification #species#taxonomyy

Really enjoying this by @graemelyons.bsky.social I don't think I'll ever become a super-naturalist but I'll have fun trying! #PanSpeciesListing

Very excited to get this superb book in my morning post. Everyone should have one! #NFBR #NBN

Ordered last June, arrived Tuesday, finished last night. A book I needed years ago. Absolutely terrific and if you’re early in your naturalist phase an essential read I would say. One that won’t go on the shelf but to reread and dip into, especially the section on different groups.

Woo-hoo #goodpostday Hotly anticipated and well stoked to get this, looks fantastic, though my knees might not thank me @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

This fabulous book arrived yesterday and I’ve already read it pretty much from cover to cover. I normally prefer audio books and can’t think of another physical book I’ve read so comprehensively for literally decades. Congrats @graemelyons.bsky.social: a fantastic achievement.

It's arrived! Pan-species Listing: How to Become a Super-Naturalist published by @pelagicpublishing. My first book. I am so pleased with it. It looks amazing, all those photos of incredible British species really make this a very colourful book and a celebration of how fantastic our wildlife is.

Cleaning out a couple of bird boxes. Also thinking I might get some new species for the @panspecieslisting.bsky.social then came across this/these anyone got any pointers? Underneath moss from last years Blue Tit nest, East Yorkshire, if that makes a difference?

Banstead, Surrey: the 2026 garden bioblitz is well underway, so far hampered by a virus and the snow and ice. However, with my ‘softly softly’ and steady approach it is really enjoyable. Lifers definitely to be had with which to pump up the @panspecieslisting.bsky.social list!

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Sunday book review: Pan-species Listing by @graemelyons.bsky.social Publisher: @pelagic.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2026/01/04/s... "Hardly anyone has the knowledge to write this book & even fewer could write it so well!"

November flowering in the Surrey Uber patch: now up to 228sp with highlights of Bladder Campion and this naturalised Scarlet Gaura (listed on @panspecieslisting.bsky.social so included here) - found ‘escaped’ on lose paving close to other plants in a bed.

A few changes to the birds listed on PSL - we've brought the list in line with www.avilist.org. This means that we've lumped Teal/Green-winged Teal, Carrion/Hooded Crow, Balearic/Yelkouan Shearwater, Sandwich/Cabot's Tern and Siberian/Stejneger's Stonechats.

New 'Just a Bird' diary/blog post - July 2025: Trip to UK, day 7 - The New Forest www.gyrcrakes.com/blog/2025/10...

A(nother) UK first for the Recording Area, the #nudibranch #sealug Corambe testudinaria found yesterday in rockpools at Langstone Rock. One to add thanks @panspecieslisting.bsky.social

We ran a stall at Global Birdfair again, six one hour bioblitzes and pan-species listed the entire event. It was ace. analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/08/pan-...

Do you do moth trapping in the UK? We'd love your help! 💡 At @ukceh.bsky.social we're training & testing AI to detect multiple moths in a single image. Send us top-down photos of multiple moths on egg trays to support this work. More info & form: forms.gle/e3HzBPEd7RVV... #mothsmatter #TeamMoth

I wondered if this is the larval exuvium of a rhododendron lacebug Stephanitis rhododendri - have you come across this one @norwichbirder.bsky.social @arcanelove.bsky.social ? At Sheringham Park. Also Rhododendron leafhopper.

It’s the big day! After four years of research, writing and editing (and procrastination, terror and imposter syndrome), Endemic has now been released to the world.

Great long weekend just gone, hosting BUBO friends for Norfolk PSL shenanigans. A varied list of 22 new species for me, some common and some rare. Great fun!

Great to meet so many keen Pan Species Listers at the @globalbirdfair.bsky.social this weekend. Our combined list for the 3 days so far is 656 species but we bet there are more to add from other folk. Let us know if you can add anything to this panspecieslisting.com/view-list.ht...