Peter Sutton coordinates the Grasshoppers and Related Insects Recording Scheme and contributes a regular column documenting changes to British Wildlife magazine.

Björn Beckmann is a research ecologist at the BTO. Previously he worked at the BRC where he coordinated the recording scheme with Peter and helped create the iRecord grasshoppers mobile app.

Richard Lewington FRES is one of Europe's finest wildlife illustrators. In 2010 he was awarded Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology.