Richard Wilson
@ecology-digest.bsky.social
#Invertebrate ecologist; CIEEM & RoyEntSoc member.
British Arachnological Society & Yorks. Naturalists' Union & NE England #spider recorder.
Occasional tweets on biodiversity policy.
British Arachnological Society & Yorks. Naturalists' Union & NE England #spider recorder.
Occasional tweets on biodiversity policy.
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Spiders & Harvestmen of Yorkshire – An Atlas naturebureau.co.uk
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#Arachtober is a good month to remind folk my book #SpidersAndHarvestmenOfYorkshire by @naturebureau.bsky.social ought to be available to purchase by the end of the month.
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
#Arachtober is a good month to remind folk my book #SpidersAndHarvestmenOfYorkshire by @naturebureau.bsky.social ought to be available to purchase by the end of the month.
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Spiders & Harvestmen of Yorkshire – An Atlas naturebureau.co.uk
NatureBureau - one company, two passions. NatureBureau is a design and ecological consultancy, established more than 30 years ago. We combine ecological expertise with a distinctive style in graphic d...
www.naturebureau.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#Arachtober is a good month to remind folk my book #SpidersAndHarvestmenOfYorkshire by @naturebureau.bsky.social ought to be available to purchase by the end of the month.
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
It’s not too late to get a pre-publication offer here: www.naturebureau.co.uk/spiders-harv...
@britishspiders.bsky.social
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If you have people who might be alarmed by today's alert test at 3 pm, you might want to check they know it's happening today at 3 pm. Just rang mum and she didn't.
September 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you have people who might be alarmed by today's alert test at 3 pm, you might want to check they know it's happening today at 3 pm. Just rang mum and she didn't.
Are there any British/ French entomologists who would be interested in Coleoptera and/ or Hemiptera I could collect in return for a species list?
Y a-t-il des entomologistes français qui seraient intéressés par Coleoptera et/ou Hemiptera que je pourrais collecter en échange d'une liste d'espèces?
Y a-t-il des entomologistes français qui seraient intéressés par Coleoptera et/ou Hemiptera que je pourrais collecter en échange d'une liste d'espèces?
I don’t post much on here but when I do, it’s really important.
Am pleased & v much looking forward to returning to the sublime Moulin de Pensol (France) hosted by @heidi-lemoulin.bsky.social & Nik, in May 2026 to see how many #spiders, other invertebrates & cheeses I can record.
#AsYouWere
Am pleased & v much looking forward to returning to the sublime Moulin de Pensol (France) hosted by @heidi-lemoulin.bsky.social & Nik, in May 2026 to see how many #spiders, other invertebrates & cheeses I can record.
#AsYouWere
September 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Are there any British/ French entomologists who would be interested in Coleoptera and/ or Hemiptera I could collect in return for a species list?
Y a-t-il des entomologistes français qui seraient intéressés par Coleoptera et/ou Hemiptera que je pourrais collecter en échange d'une liste d'espèces?
Y a-t-il des entomologistes français qui seraient intéressés par Coleoptera et/ou Hemiptera que je pourrais collecter en échange d'une liste d'espèces?
I don’t post much on here but when I do, it’s really important.
Am pleased & v much looking forward to returning to the sublime Moulin de Pensol (France) hosted by @heidi-lemoulin.bsky.social & Nik, in May 2026 to see how many #spiders, other invertebrates & cheeses I can record.
#AsYouWere
Am pleased & v much looking forward to returning to the sublime Moulin de Pensol (France) hosted by @heidi-lemoulin.bsky.social & Nik, in May 2026 to see how many #spiders, other invertebrates & cheeses I can record.
#AsYouWere
September 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I don’t post much on here but when I do, it’s really important.
Am pleased & v much looking forward to returning to the sublime Moulin de Pensol (France) hosted by @heidi-lemoulin.bsky.social & Nik, in May 2026 to see how many #spiders, other invertebrates & cheeses I can record.
#AsYouWere
Am pleased & v much looking forward to returning to the sublime Moulin de Pensol (France) hosted by @heidi-lemoulin.bsky.social & Nik, in May 2026 to see how many #spiders, other invertebrates & cheeses I can record.
#AsYouWere
Just checked NBN: just 72 sawfly records on Orkney, ever @andymus.bsky.social @naturespotter.bsky.social ! My half dozen specimens thus almost represent 10% of the entire database if NBN is accurate!
Shows what a tiny bit of effort can achieve in these places.
Shows what a tiny bit of effort can achieve in these places.
2/2 Should be some good records of spiders as less than annual data for this archipelago: Stronsay had 0 records. I assume similar for other invertebrate groups?
Blessed with amazing dry and sunny weather for two weeks but v warm for islands.
Blessed with amazing dry and sunny weather for two weeks but v warm for islands.
August 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Just checked NBN: just 72 sawfly records on Orkney, ever @andymus.bsky.social @naturespotter.bsky.social ! My half dozen specimens thus almost represent 10% of the entire database if NBN is accurate!
Shows what a tiny bit of effort can achieve in these places.
Shows what a tiny bit of effort can achieve in these places.
1/ Sorted samples collected from Orkney: Mainland, Shapinsay, Sanday, Hoy, S.Walls, Burray, S.Ronaldsay & Stronsay.
c.30 samples (beetles, bugs, woodlice, sawflies plus lots of spiders & harvestmen).
@britishspiders.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social
@andymus.bsky.social
@colsocbi.bsky.social
c.30 samples (beetles, bugs, woodlice, sawflies plus lots of spiders & harvestmen).
@britishspiders.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social
@andymus.bsky.social
@colsocbi.bsky.social
Plenty of new #spider records for the #OrkneyIslands coming @britishspiders.bsky.social way.
Sampling the coastal cliff vegetation communities at the impressive Marwick Head.
Sampling the coastal cliff vegetation communities at the impressive Marwick Head.
August 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
1/ Sorted samples collected from Orkney: Mainland, Shapinsay, Sanday, Hoy, S.Walls, Burray, S.Ronaldsay & Stronsay.
c.30 samples (beetles, bugs, woodlice, sawflies plus lots of spiders & harvestmen).
@britishspiders.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social
@andymus.bsky.social
@colsocbi.bsky.social
c.30 samples (beetles, bugs, woodlice, sawflies plus lots of spiders & harvestmen).
@britishspiders.bsky.social @britishbugs.bsky.social
@andymus.bsky.social
@colsocbi.bsky.social
ICYMI: What looks like a very interesting book on spiders. If you’re keen to know how many spiders have been found in @yorkshiredales.org.uk, Leeds, Sheffield or the many Nature Reserves then this is the book for you.
Our latest book SPIDERS & HARVESTMEN OF YORKSHIRE by Richard I. Wilson is nearing completion for publication this Autumn - Grab a bargain, pre-order your copy now & SAVE £10 on published price - order online at naturebureau.co.uk/bookshop @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
ICYMI: What looks like a very interesting book on spiders. If you’re keen to know how many spiders have been found in @yorkshiredales.org.uk, Leeds, Sheffield or the many Nature Reserves then this is the book for you.
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
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
August 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The end of a two week exploration around 8 of Orkney’s 19 inhabited islands. Spiders & other invertebrates recorded from all of them.
Weather has been stunning, exposing Orkney in all its glory. A shame to leave…but it is now raining!
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Weather has been stunning, exposing Orkney in all its glory. A shame to leave…but it is now raining!
@britishspiders.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The end of a two week exploration around 8 of Orkney’s 19 inhabited islands. Spiders & other invertebrates recorded from all of them.
Weather has been stunning, exposing Orkney in all its glory. A shame to leave…but it is now raining!
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Weather has been stunning, exposing Orkney in all its glory. A shame to leave…but it is now raining!
@britishspiders.bsky.social
Off to #Whitehall, not to visit the PM, but the island of Stronsay on Orkney’s eastern flank and to record #spiders & harvestmen for the very first time here.
@megabunus.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@tylanberry.bsky.social
@megabunus.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@tylanberry.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Off to #Whitehall, not to visit the PM, but the island of Stronsay on Orkney’s eastern flank and to record #spiders & harvestmen for the very first time here.
@megabunus.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@tylanberry.bsky.social
@megabunus.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@tylanberry.bsky.social
Plenty of new #spider records for the #OrkneyIslands coming @britishspiders.bsky.social way.
Sampling the coastal cliff vegetation communities at the impressive Marwick Head.
Sampling the coastal cliff vegetation communities at the impressive Marwick Head.
July 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Plenty of new #spider records for the #OrkneyIslands coming @britishspiders.bsky.social way.
Sampling the coastal cliff vegetation communities at the impressive Marwick Head.
Sampling the coastal cliff vegetation communities at the impressive Marwick Head.
@andymus.bsky.social Have collected the first #sawflies from Orkney today in blistering heat (24°C) under blue skies and almost calm weather!
The remarkable and dry summer continues!
The remarkable and dry summer continues!
July 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@andymus.bsky.social Have collected the first #sawflies from Orkney today in blistering heat (24°C) under blue skies and almost calm weather!
The remarkable and dry summer continues!
The remarkable and dry summer continues!
Available on the web.
Buy a copy and get stuck in. Obviously with a @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫖
@cieem.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishbugs.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Buy a copy and get stuck in. Obviously with a @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫖
@cieem.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishbugs.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Our latest book SPIDERS & HARVESTMEN OF YORKSHIRE by Richard I. Wilson is nearing completion for publication this Autumn - Grab a bargain, pre-order your copy now & SAVE £10 on published price - order online at naturebureau.co.uk/bookshop @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Available on the web.
Buy a copy and get stuck in. Obviously with a @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫖
@cieem.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishbugs.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Buy a copy and get stuck in. Obviously with a @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫖
@cieem.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishbugs.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Our latest book SPIDERS & HARVESTMEN OF YORKSHIRE by Richard I. Wilson is nearing completion for publication this Autumn - Grab a bargain, pre-order your copy now & SAVE £10 on published price - order online at naturebureau.co.uk/bookshop @yorkswildlife.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishspiders.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Available on the web.
Buy a copy and get stuck in. Obviously with a @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫖
@cieem.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishbugs.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
Buy a copy and get stuck in. Obviously with a @yorkshiretea.bsky.social ☕️🫖
@cieem.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@britishspiders.bsky.social
@britishbugs.bsky.social
@savebutterflies.bsky.social
@rspb.bsky.social
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If you are interested in some extensive paid bird survey work, especially if you live in mid Wales, send me a Bluesky chat message and I'll pass on more details. #birdingWales
March 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If you are interested in some extensive paid bird survey work, especially if you live in mid Wales, send me a Bluesky chat message and I'll pass on more details. #birdingWales
Unusual request! Are there any studies I can reference (ideally British-based; more ideally on coastal grazing marsh) on number of cowpats produced per individual cow per day in a conservation grazing environment?
Might help inform ecological mitigation for insects in dung.
@cieem.bsky.social
Might help inform ecological mitigation for insects in dung.
@cieem.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Unusual request! Are there any studies I can reference (ideally British-based; more ideally on coastal grazing marsh) on number of cowpats produced per individual cow per day in a conservation grazing environment?
Might help inform ecological mitigation for insects in dung.
@cieem.bsky.social
Might help inform ecological mitigation for insects in dung.
@cieem.bsky.social
If #BiodiversityNetGain was the talking point for England-based #ecologists in 2024, I predict the following press release presages a 2nd major talking point in 2025:
www.gov.uk/government/n...
@cieem.bsky.social @robyaxley.bsky.social @britishecolsoc.bsky.social @rtpiplanners.bsky.social
www.gov.uk/government/n...
@cieem.bsky.social @robyaxley.bsky.social @britishecolsoc.bsky.social @rtpiplanners.bsky.social
Planning proposals get Britain building and turn the tide on nature’s decline
A new approach to development and the environment will boost the number of homes being built
www.gov.uk
December 25, 2024 at 8:01 PM
If #BiodiversityNetGain was the talking point for England-based #ecologists in 2024, I predict the following press release presages a 2nd major talking point in 2025:
www.gov.uk/government/n...
@cieem.bsky.social @robyaxley.bsky.social @britishecolsoc.bsky.social @rtpiplanners.bsky.social
www.gov.uk/government/n...
@cieem.bsky.social @robyaxley.bsky.social @britishecolsoc.bsky.social @rtpiplanners.bsky.social
Thrilled & pleased that @britishspiders.bsky.social is here. Biased but one of the best invertebrate recording schemes there is. Others are available but this one has legs. 8 of them.
December 9, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Thrilled & pleased that @britishspiders.bsky.social is here. Biased but one of the best invertebrate recording schemes there is. Others are available but this one has legs. 8 of them.
@britishspiders.bsky.social Yay! Welcome to the better place.
@andymus.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social
@andymus.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 1:16 PM
@britishspiders.bsky.social Yay! Welcome to the better place.
@andymus.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social
@andymus.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social
If on Twitter, you tweet, what's the verb for this place?
Blued?
Skyed?
Blued?
Skyed?
December 7, 2024 at 8:16 PM
If on Twitter, you tweet, what's the verb for this place?
Blued?
Skyed?
Blued?
Skyed?
A busy day report writing on another interesting site in NE England. More spp extending ranges north; decent haul of taxa with nature conservation status (5.5% of assemblage) & 65 stenotopic taxa, comparable in % terms to a nearby SSSI.
Now off to the CIEEM Yorkshire Annual Members Meeting.
Now off to the CIEEM Yorkshire Annual Members Meeting.
November 27, 2024 at 5:07 PM
A busy day report writing on another interesting site in NE England. More spp extending ranges north; decent haul of taxa with nature conservation status (5.5% of assemblage) & 65 stenotopic taxa, comparable in % terms to a nearby SSSI.
Now off to the CIEEM Yorkshire Annual Members Meeting.
Now off to the CIEEM Yorkshire Annual Members Meeting.
Definitely a fruit crumble kind of day. With added oomph (technical culinary term).
@robyaxley.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Definitely a fruit crumble kind of day. With added oomph (technical culinary term).
@robyaxley.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social @andymus.bsky.social
www.danes-insects.org.uk/pdf-files/Pu...
I was just perusing the DaNES website and noticed this excellent guide to pug ID! You’ve probably already seen it, but thought it worth highlighting 🙂
I was just perusing the DaNES website and noticed this excellent guide to pug ID! You’ve probably already seen it, but thought it worth highlighting 🙂
www.danes-insects.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 10:15 PM
The blotches on these Sycamore leaves; are they just a natural decay process or caused by a leaf miner or fungus?
@robyaxley.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 9:52 AM
The blotches on these Sycamore leaves; are they just a natural decay process or caused by a leaf miner or fungus?
@robyaxley.bsky.social
@robyaxley.bsky.social