Have been twitching in the UK since 1976 and globally since 2001. Most birding trips abroad are out of season due to the work constraints of teaching which means that holidays dates are not flexible.
Started panlisting properly on January 1st 2024 with exactly 2000 species. Started birding in 2001 when I was 15, and that was it for 15 years until moths took over my whole life. Now I don’t go anywhere without a sweep net.
Most wanted species High Brown & Glanville Fritillary, Mountain Ringlet, Long-tailed Blue to complete the resident butterflies. Stag Beetle. Orca, Hazel Dormouse. Garden Tiger, Kentish Glory! Dog Stinkhorn, Red Cage Fungus. Any orchids, Henbane. Sandrunners. Hypercallia citrinalis, Pseudotelphusa paripunctella, Dasycera oliviella, Commophila aeneana…this list could go on forever…
Gloucestershire naturalist now based in Cambridgeshire monitoring the wildlife of RSPB Hope Farm.
Most wanted species Mole (!), Polecat, a Lesser White-fronted Goose at WWT Slimbridge, anything new to Britain (or science!)
Based in West Sussex, slowly but surely building up my PSL list, still a lot to learn but I'm interested in everything!
Always been a birder, but also very keen on plants, dragonflies, lepidoptera and macro fungi.
Most wanted species Basking Shark, Otter, Common Octopus, Dotterel, anything new!
Curator Mycologist in Kew's Fungarium. My PSL list is rather out of date but I plan to catch up with it slowly and surely!
I have a wide interest across taxonomic groups and try to record whatever I find. I am particularly fascinated by parasitoids and pathogens across invertebrates, plants and fungi. As part of my research time at Kew, I have been working to identify and collect overlooked taxa to add to the collection.
Enjoy local patchwork and twitch occasionally.
Moth botherer, county bryophyte recorder, general natural history obsessive.
I have been studying natural history for some 35 years, 23 in a professional capacity. I am now a freelance entomologist/ecologist based in the south east after working for wildlife charities for nearly 20 years (RSPB as Reserves Ecologist for seven and Sussex Wildlife Trust as Senior Ecologist for 12). I am the county recorder for Heteroptera and spiders in both Sussex counties. My main areas of interest are spiders, bugs, beetles, molluscs, bees, moths, rock-pooling etc and a lot of my spare time is spent in the field. I manage a database of over quarter of a million records and have verified over 22,000 records in iRecord. I've been a driving force in the PSL community from the start, involved with both websites, the Facebook group and I'm currently writing a book https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan-species-listing?variant=44100463034539 on it all.
Researching the book has led me to discover that I am both autistic and ADHD - something I genuinely had no idea about until 2023. I am very open about it and proud to be 'out' as it were. If anyone ever wants to talk to me about neurodivergence, get in touch. PSL is very ND friendly.
I run the "PSL Sussex" WhatsApp group. So if you are a PSLer in (or near to) Sussex and want to be included, get in touch. Hear about local finds quickly and spur of the moment, ad hoc, disorganised trips out in Sussex.
Most wanted species Any nudibranch I have not seen yet but especially Babakina anondoni and Berghia coerulsecens. Roller, Oleander Hawk-moth, Camberwell Beauty, Lacon quercus, Saperda scalaris any octopus, Orca.
Professional local government ecologist anf all round naturalist.
Early career entomologist, most interested in Aculeates!
For more complete sightings and counts visit my eBird - https://ebird.org/profile/MzA4NTYwOA/GB-ENG-CMA
Most wanted species Swallowtail, Luna Moth, Stag beetle
I have photos for everything I’ve seen and identified.
Local Recorder for North-east Scotland since 2019. Founder member of BUBO with Messrs. Musgrove, Prince, Lawlor and Fuller. Still trying to find a mega at my local patch, Inchgarth Reservoir (Aberdeen), where a biggie is long overdue.
Birder, Twitcher, Naturalist, Loves Shearwaters, Seawatching, Art, Photography and I am a subspecies enthusiast. Ticks are based on my opinion. Not anyone else's. for PSL listing I do not include birds as they are on separate lists, Favourite PSL groups are Mammals, Plants, Butterflies, Cnidarians and Orthopteroids
28, Northumberland Birder, mainly patch and county birding but like the odd twitch...
Birder, Zoology student at University of Exeter, star of #BadLuckBirder
Birding since childhood, new to listing.
Formal listing and record keeping began on 16 Jun 2022.
Instagram: @through_my_scope
eBird: jamsydodger
Most wanted species Micrommata virescens
I'm a Norwich based birder and all-round naturalist, predominantly recording in Norfolk but occasionally elsewhere in Britain. My local patch is Whitlingham Country Park. Aside from birds my main interests include butterflies, fungi and hemiptera. I'm currently the Norfolk county recorder for Psylloidea.
Most wanted species Violet Coral Fungus, Goat Moth, Pocota personata
16 year old birder lucky enough to travel often to some pretty great birding locations.
I am 60 (something) and unashamedly a diehard birder. My father cultivated an interest in all things pertaining to the natural world, particularly birds, from early childhood. My initial discoveries, from flowers to butterflies, were logged in I-Spy books. I also started to keep a personal diary of my ornithological observations from aged 11. Curiosity was converted to a life long avian passion when I saw a family of Redstarts in a local wood. I did not have a proper field guide then and identified the species from looking through a Brook Bond tea card album! I thought (and still do) that the male was the most beautiful of British birds. My ornithological "apprenticeship" developed steadily, through field excursions; family holidays; local patch coverage; census work; submitting my sightings to various bird reports. My first successful rarity "twitch" was a Solitary Sandpiper in my home county of Essex during 1974. With Greater Yellowlegs and Sociable Plover the following year, rarity chasing, from Shetland to Scilly, has continued apace ever since. More recently, I have done a lot more birding globally, particularly in the Far East.
Most wanted species A tricky proposition - so many desirable species. Honing in on three apiece for my British list - Pallas's Sandgrouse, Great Black-headed Gull and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and for my world list - Southern Cassowary, Ibisbill and Orange Dove. Subject to change...
Lifelong, but still intermediate level birder, more recently expanded to Pan-listing. Never cease to be amazed what can be discovered within walking distance of home.
Most wanted species Woodchat Shrike.
Least Adder's Tongue
Pannaria rubiginosa
