Paul D. Brock

Paul D. Brock moved to the New Forest in 2008, keen to regularly survey one of the most important areas for insects in the UK, being home to numerous rarities. A Scientific Associate of the Natural History Museum, London, he is a world authority on stick and leaf insects and author of several popular, major reference books. He has a passion for observing and photographing insects of all orders - and is publishing this knowledge in the hope that it will help others to identify, record, study and hopefully help conserve the fascinating and often beautiful, but still understudied insects.

Three bestselling books were published by Pisces (Nature Bureau) from 2011 to 2017, with A Comprehensive Guide to Insects of Britain & Ireland new and revised edition appearing in 2019 (originally published in 2014).

Paul’s latest book Britain's Insects (Princeton/WILDGuides, 2021) is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully illustrated field guide to Britain and Ireland's twenty-five insect orders, concentrating on popular groups and species that can be identified in the field. New features include QR codes that link to sound recordings of grasshoppers and crickets. This complements the Pisces book.

In 2018 he received the ZSL Stamford Raffles Award for outstanding contributions to entomology, also the J.O. Westwood medal (along with colleagues).