Graeme Lyons

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It's really quite common all through Sussex, here's my 171 records of it mapped. Such a cool looking thing though, I had one like that where the 'hole' through the head seems to be a collapsed turret and not a hole.

Enjoy!

Cover of book Pan-species Listing by Graeme Lyons.

Really enjoying this by @graemelyons.bsky.social
I don't think I'll ever become a super-naturalist but I'll have fun trying!
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Thank you to all who helped organise and run the 35th Sussex Biological Recorders' Seminar on Saturday - talks covered all sorts, from kelp and carbon storing trees, to woodpeckers, marine eDNA sampling and pan-species listing - I got the fantastic new book by @graemelyons.bsky.social whilst there!

Almost certainly I would think.

This was taken last summer. I didn't see any at Graffham where I found the moths in 2017 but I did find an entirely new population (and quite a heatlhy one too) at Hesworth Common.

2/2 I have 18 records, all from the Green Sand Ridge in West Sussex.

1/2 #speciesaday no. 686 is Oblong-leaved Sundew. Not usually as common as Round-leaved Sundew in Sussex. Find it on bare exposed black peaty mud (M16 - along with Sphagnum compactum and Marsh Clubmoss). This one appeared on a scrape at Hesworth Common last year, it also popped up again at Graffham.

Sounds like you could have done with that etymology in this instance ;). Never too late to start something new though.

Thanks Ken and Linda, I hope you enjoy it.

Great stuff, thanks!

6000 species in 2026: 6 week summary As of today I am on 1,255 species (20.9%) in the first six weeks of the year (665 of which are inverts). The latest addition being a tiny Ps...

1,255 for the year! 20.9% of the challenge complete, including 665 invertebrates. A trip out yesterday produced four lifers, one species new to Sussex and one new to West Sussex. A ridiculous 80 Cattle Egrets was hard to believe even when I was looking at them.

Thank you so much! Perfect.

Does anyone happen to have photos of the Newhaven Woodchat Shrike and the Humpback Whale (when it was off Beachy Head) from last year that I could use in some talks about my book please?

I don't have any lined up but if you know of a venue, let me know!

Thanks so much Dave, this is great to hear!!!

6000 species in 2026: Month 1 summary We had a long, much-needed day out yesterday along the Cuckmere and then around to Seaford Head. It was a 'ten-mile day', the sort of day th...

analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/02/6000... A quick update on the challenge after a great day out along the Cuckmere.

2/2 I only have 5 records from 2 sites. Marline Valley in East Sussex and as of this year, Knepp in West Sussex. Seems to be genuinely scarce.

1/2 #speciesday no. 685 is Tanymecus palliatus. Nationally scarce b. Like large, plain, long-legged Sitona. Feeds on a range of plants in grasslands. All my records are between 15th May and 7th July.

If you let Andy know, he'll add them straight on.

Mine arrived today! Looks fantastic, and so information-rich that I could browse it for weeks. Unlike any other book I know, and one I wish I'd had 50 years ago! Natural history may never be quite the same again...

Coming from you that really means something Brian, thank you!

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.

I am doing a talk on the 4th March at Exeter Hall, just by the Chimney House pub not far from me in Brighton on pan-species listing and the book, I'll also be selling copies at a discounted price exeterstreethall.org/event/2-talk...

This is testimony…

📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.

“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”

1,000 species recorded in 25 days On Sunday, I breached the 1,000 species mark on a fantastic and rather unplanned trip out with the local British Bryological Society to Sull...

analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2026/01/1000... I am on 1,025 species as of the 25th January! Read the full story here.

At last I have seen the Juniper Shield Bug, Cyphostethus tristriatus thanks to @graemelyons.bsky.social who pointed them out. Also learned a good technique for bug collecting! Sullington, South Downs #shieldbugs #juniper A good day.

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