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Sarah Lambert
@sarahlambert7.bsky.social
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Freelance botanist / plant ecologist / naturalist - supporting nature recovery in Cambs and Lincs. Keen photographer sharing stories and images from the natural world. BSBI recorder for South Lincolnshire and leader for Wildlife Travel.
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a brightly coloured morning in the dry coastal forests of Los Flamencos

expecting things to take on more of a rosy hue this afternoon...

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia
Vermilion Cardinal Ruby Topaz
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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we spent this morning at the dairy farm turned ecotourism hotspot, Hacienda El Bosque, where birds are now the major economic driver

yet more wonderful hummers, including those with the longest (Sword-billed Hummingbird) and shortest (Purple-backed Thornbill) bills

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia
Purple-backed Thornbill Mountain Velvetbreast Sword-billed Hummingbird White-bellied Woodstar
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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while the hummers buzzed about, some more sedated visitors entertained us at the feeders

#WildlifeTravelling at Hacienda El Bosque
Sickle-winged Guan Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan, amazingly one of two species of mountain toucan we saw today Equatorial Antpitta White-throated Quail Dove
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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major oof-age up in the clouds of Los Nevados, with a friendly Buffy Helmetcrest

smiles all round

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November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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and just a fraction of the moths drawn in by the lodge lights

#MothsMatter
Nelphe rogersi, a monochrome handmaiden Bassania foingi, a beautiful geometrid a pair of as-yet-unidentified tiger moths Leucanella memusae (top) and Automeris banus (bottom), two impressive emperor moths
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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a sunny day in the forests of Rio Blanco, and as well as the antpittas and hummingbirds, the leps were demanding our attention

first up the butterflies, with plenty posing for the cameras

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia
Siosta bifasciata Lasiophila zapatoza Actinote ozomene Daedalma dinias
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Celebrate Autumn! Sunday 23rd November, 11am - 3:30pm in the cosy cabin on Torpel Manor Field Nature Reserve, Helpston, Camb PE67DU. Plus homemade cakes, mulled apple juice, a warm welcome & lots to see!
Nearest postcode PE6 7DU. Near the junction of West Street and Langley Bush Road (see map)
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Today and tomorrow in Helpston (occupy.effort.summit)- a celebration of all things autumnal - beautiful photography, porcelain fungi, ecoprints plus hot drinks and delicious home-made cakes. And a chance to find out about @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social 2026 holidays.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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and Team Hummingbird

I think we'll call that a draw
Shining Sunbeam, flashing his glory Great Sapphirewing, the floppy boss of the feeders Buff-winged Starfrontlet, flexing his muscles Rainbow-bearded Thornbill, the joker in the pack
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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after a short flight across to the central Andes, we were up high again today, to Los Nevados National Park

not sure who won out in the battle of the birds today.

I give you, Team Mountain Tanager...

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Hooded Mountain-Tanager, the beefy king of the mountain Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager, captain flash Lacrimose Mountain Tanager, feeling a little sorry for himself Golden-crowned Tanager, an honorary Mountain Tanager, and maybe the best of the bunch
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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an eye-catching Neocricus millipede, off for a wander in the Colombian cloudforest

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November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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more invert eye-candy from our time in the Eastern Andes

at first sight a rather ordinary, if boldly patterned Noctuid moth, Bathyra sagata turns into a spectacular tiger of a moth when disturbed...

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia

#MothsMatter
Bathyra sagata at rest Bathyra sagata flashing its tiger striped abdomen
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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our inaugural Colombia trip is going well so far! (if you ignore the Bogotá traffic...)

#WildlifeTravelling
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up to the Sumapaz paramo this morning, south of Bogotá and 3500m asl

Green-bearded Helmetcrest was the star of the show, along with Apolinar's Wren (both endemic to #Colombia) and some spectacular scenery

well worth the early start

#WildlifeTravelling
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Fungi! Made from porcelain, fresh from the kiln!
Inspired by fungi seen on Langdyke Countryside Trust's nature reserves - the four on "Westings Meadow" plus Swaddywell

They'll be at the exhibition this coming weekend 22&23 Nov 2025 - work by @sarahlambert7.bsky.social & me

Hope you can come!
poster advertising Celebrate Autumn exhibition at Torpel Manor Field, Helpston, Cambs, UK on 22nd & 23rd November 2025 Tiny round white porcelain fungi / lichen sculptures with thin 'roots' coming from them, interconnecting rounded shapes. There's a hand on the left hand side - we can see the thumb and finger holding one of the tiny shapes
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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For #thicktrunktuesday one of my favourite Beech trees in all its autumn glory, just before heavy rain brought down its leaves. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay Forest.
A large Beech tree with intensely orange foliage
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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It’s a beauty-filled time of the year! Next weekend is Celebrate Autumn exhibition with @sarahlambert7.bsky.social and the following is the Festive DooDah!
Both gorgeous and both very different. It would be great to see you!
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Help us Celebrate Autumn! in Helpston (nr Peterborough) next weekend (details below). Autumn photos, a fungi slideshow, eco-print art, porcelain work, and creative ways of mapping our local landscape. Plus a cosy atmosphere, hot drinks and home-made cakes by donation!
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Eco-print of leaves Porcelain Mushrooms Aspen trees in autumn colours of rich copper and gold against a dark background Poster advertising Celebrate Autumn! exhibition
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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An evening of wonder chatting with @drmjwarren.bsky.social last night about his beautifully-written book THE CUCKOO'S LEA, at The Bookery in Crediton - discussing crows & owls, placenames & Anglo-Saxon Charters!

Buy Michael's book here or from your local indy -
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November 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Nothing better at this time of year than close-examination of damp, well-rotted wood for slime-moulds. Four species found in the last week - two at the bottom of our garden (Stemonitis sp. and Trichia sp.) and two in local woods (Arcyria sp, and Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) - all immature...

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Immature Stemonitis sp. with clusters of reddish brown sporangia on slender black stalks, possibly S. fusca Immature Trichia sp., possibly T. varia, looking like tiny white eggs on wet dead wood Immature white slime-mould in stalks, probably Arcyria sp. Immature Coral Slime-mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Have you even seen anything more fabulous? Amazing finds from Sarah at Old Sulehay in Northants! 🍄
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I've waited a lifetime to find Striated Bird's Nest fungus, and this week I've seen it twice! Also a magnificent colony of Coral Slime-mould, a troop of another slime-mould Physarum sp. with a lime-encrusted peridium and a heap of Witch's Butter. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR

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Striated Bird's Nest fungi Cyathus striatus growing in moss A mass of fruiting Coral Slime-mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa A slime-mould Physarum sp. on a rotten log with dangling white fruiting bodies Dark brown gelatinous folds of Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa on a rotting log
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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A visit to Burghley Park, where woodchip laid down under veteran oaks is currently supporting an impressive range of fungi, including several troops of Redlead Roundhead, the largest and brightest Blue Roundhead I've ever seen, many Stubble Rosegill and a single clump of Maroon Brittlestem

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Young Redlead Roundhead Leratiomyces ceres A huge Blue Roundhead Stropharia caerulea Stubble Rosegill Volvopluteus gloiocephalus Maroon Brittlegill Psathyrella bipellis, seemingly quite rare but with a very distinctive colour
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I've waited a lifetime to find Striated Bird's Nest fungus, and this week I've seen it twice! Also a magnificent colony of Coral Slime-mould, a troop of another slime-mould Physarum sp. with a lime-encrusted peridium and a heap of Witch's Butter. At @wildlifebcn.org Old Sulehay NR

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Striated Bird's Nest fungi Cyathus striatus growing in moss A mass of fruiting Coral Slime-mould Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa A slime-mould Physarum sp. on a rotten log with dangling white fruiting bodies Dark brown gelatinous folds of Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa on a rotting log
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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November continues to be abnormally mild with many wildflowers round Peterborough still in bloom, but I was surprised to see so much Yellow-wort, Common Centaury and Blue Fleabane flowering again at Swaddywell, having given up entirely in the summer drought. Names in ALT.

#wildflowerhour #winter10
Clockwise from top left: Sowbread Cyclamen hederifolium; Wild Carrot Daucus carota; Common Centaury Centaurium erythraea; Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris; Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum; Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium; Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense; Bristly Ox-tongue Helminthotheca echioides; Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Clockwise from top left: Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata; Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris; Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans; Yarrow Achillea millefolium; Cat's-ear Hypochaeris radicata; Ploughman's-spikenard Pentanema squarrosum; Lesser Hawkbit Leontodon saxatilis; Selfheal Prunella vulgaris; Bastard Cabbage Rapistrum rugosum
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Another day, another special woodland where (thanks to some inside information) I finally found Fluted Bird's Nest fungi - so strange but so perfect. Plus plenty Of Wrinkled Peach, including this one sheltering some youngsters and a splendid display of Toothed Crust (I think!)

#fungifriday 📷🍄
Four Fluted Burd's Nest fungi Cyathus striatus on a mossy log A Wrinkled Peach fungus on a mossy Elm log, with three immature ones around it A rather wonderful display of what I think is Toothed Crust Basidioradulum radula, with cinnamon coloured pores, noticeably darker than many photographs of it elsewhere Autumn colours at Hinchingbrooke Country Park
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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A midweek meander through Bedford Purlieus NNR under fiery Beech foliage - fungus numbers declining now but wonderful to find the tiniest Porcelain Mushroom on a fallen beech bough (rare round Peterborough) and to be shown my first Orange Oak Bolete by a couple I met in the wood

#fungusfriday 📷🍄
A miniature Porcelain Mushroom Mucidula mucida emerging from a crack in a fallen Beech log Orange Oak Bolete Leccinum aurantiacum lying on a bed of fallen leaves Blackening Russula Russula nigricans Fiery autumn colours of Beech
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM