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An Alternative Natural History of Sussex. This blog shows the highlights of my day to day findings as a naturalist and ecologist living and working in Sussex. Delivered with a pinch of nihilism, a dash of sarcasm and absolutely no tweeness, here is my attempt to show natural history as it really is: Brutal, beautiful, uncompromising and fascinating...and occasionally ridiculous.
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- Graeme Lyons
- Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
- I have been studying natural history for some thirty years, nineteen in a professional capacity. I currently work in Sussex as a freelance entomologist, ecologist and botanist and specialise in nature reserve and rewilding management advice based on the interpretation of the surveys I carry out. I also run a number of identification courses. An advocate of the pan-species listing approach. My main areas of interest are birds, plants and invertebrates and a lot of my spare time is spent in the field. I am the county recorder for spiders and bugs.
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- bugs (144)
- Woods Mill (143)
- listing (112)
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- flies (103)
- fungi (94)
- Brighton (88)
- butterflies (81)
- molluscs (74)
- mammals (63)
- Ebernoe Common (61)
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- coastal (46)
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- aliens (40)
- Malling Down (36)
- Migrants (36)
- people (36)
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- suction (24)
- dragonflies (22)
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- microscope (20)
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- Pevensey Levels (13)
- pan-species listing (13)
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- my first book (2)
- physics (2)
- restoration (2)
- sea watching (2)
- sea weeds (2)
- seaweeds (2)
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- talks (2)
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- #speciesaday (1)
- 1.500SpeciesChallenge; Pan-species Listing (1)
- 6000speciesin2026 (1)
- Algarve (1)
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- Amberley Chalk Pit (1)
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Farewell, farewell8 months ago
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Striped Hawkmoth3 years ago
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Sponge flies5 years ago
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The roost and the goose5 years ago
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Churchland5 years ago
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The Sphagnum yearlist begins…6 years ago
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Loxia Luck8 years ago
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Looking beyond the obvious …8 years ago
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The Golden Wellies 20168 years ago
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My bird of the year9 years ago
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Crumbles9 years ago
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28th February 2015 (weekly review)10 years ago
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Green Man fossil11 years ago
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Boops boops11 years ago
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Coleophora cases on heather12 years ago
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- British Bryological Society
- Butterfly Conservation Sussex Branch: Recent sightings
- Friston Forest Grazing Project
- Mark Telfer's Website
- NBN Gateway
- Saproxylic Quality Index
- SOS: Recent sightings
- Sussex Biodiversity Records Centre
- Sussex Wildlife Trust
- UKmoths
- Watford Coleoptera Group
- West Weald Landscape Partnership
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Records made to date
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Species seen in British Isles
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Longitarsus quadriguttatus
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