Pan-Species Listing: How to Become a Super-Naturalist

Pan-Species Listing (PSL) is an exciting initiative encouraging naturalists to record ALL the species they have seen in the UK in a friendly and competitive way that promotes general wildlife recording and biodiversity in the process. In this talk, Graeme Lyons will introduce the PSL approach, describe the benefits of the framework, and then take us on a whistle-stop tour of the relevant 'groups' of wildlife in the UK (how to get into them, where to start, etc.). The talk will be sprinkled with lots of nice photos and anecdotes from Graeme's storied career as an entomologist and pan-species lister.

Graeme Lyons is a freelance entomologist and ecologist who spent 20 years working in the charitable sector before going fully freelance. He is a leading advocate of the pan-species listing movement and author of 'Pan-species Listing: How to Become a Super-Naturalist'. The PSL approach treats all areas of natural history, as such Graeme's interests are broad; beetles, bugs, birds, spiders, vascular plants, bryophytes, bees, molluscs (especially nudibranchs) and all marine groups, and more! Graeme is closing in on the 10,000 species mark (set reach it some point in 2026) – putting him in second place for the most species seen of anyone in the UK on PSL . A prolific biological recorder, Graeme manages a database of over 357,000 records making over 50,000 records annually, has recorded over 6,500 invertebrates in the British Isles and has probably seen more spiders in the UK than anyone (560 species).

The 1-hour event will consist of a presentation followed by a Q&A with the tutor using questions provided by the live audience. This event is a one-off and will not be repeated. If you can't attend the live event, you don't need to miss out. Book a space and once we've processed the event content after the live event you will be sent a link to the content online.

entoLIVE is delivered by the Biological Recording Company, British Entomological & Natural History Society, Royal Entomological Society and Amateur Entomologists' Society, with support from Buglife, Field Studies Council and NBN Trust.