Chris Lansdell 💚💛🍄🟫🪲
@chrislansdell.bsky.social
South Norfolk naturalist and vanlifer. Botany, ornithology, entomology and mycology. Punk, post punk & indie. Socialist and right-wing despiser. Right to Roam. Smash facism. http://chrislansdell.blogspot.com/
Pepper Pot Earthstar - I was privileged to see this rarest of rare fungi at its only UK site this weekend. Once thought to be extinct here for 100+ years!
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Pepper Pot Earthstar - I was privileged to see this rarest of rare fungi at its only UK site this weekend. Once thought to be extinct here for 100+ years!
A few nice fungal bits and pieces on a walk from home in South Norfolk this afternoon. Stubble Rosegill, Oak Bracket, Sulphur Disco and Wet Rot
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November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A few nice fungal bits and pieces on a walk from home in South Norfolk this afternoon. Stubble Rosegill, Oak Bracket, Sulphur Disco and Wet Rot
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#fungi @norfolknats.bsky.social
Goldleaf Shield, Pluteus romellii. A nice find by the mere at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk today 😍
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Goldleaf Shield, Pluteus romellii. A nice find by the mere at Framlingham Castle, Suffolk today 😍
Contorted Pipe Club, Typhula contorta. The arboreal version of Pipe Club. Seen at Cavenham Heath, Suffolk yesterday.
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Contorted Pipe Club, Typhula contorta. The arboreal version of Pipe Club. Seen at Cavenham Heath, Suffolk yesterday.
Absolutely fascinating to watch this wood wasp sp ovipositing into a beech log on the Earsham Estate in South Norfolk yesterday
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October 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Absolutely fascinating to watch this wood wasp sp ovipositing into a beech log on the Earsham Estate in South Norfolk yesterday
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@norfolknats.bsky.social
The 1w Brown Shrike on Upper Hollesley Common, Suffolk today. Never close but some decent scope views and the odd photo.
October 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The 1w Brown Shrike on Upper Hollesley Common, Suffolk today. Never close but some decent scope views and the odd photo.
Marram Grass Chelifer, Dactylochelifer latreillii found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social in Holkham Dunes last week
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October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Marram Grass Chelifer, Dactylochelifer latreillii found by @vannabartlett.bsky.social in Holkham Dunes last week
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What on earth is going on? Snowdrops in full flower in Suffolk! 🥴
October 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What on earth is going on? Snowdrops in full flower in Suffolk! 🥴
More fungi from Suffolk, specifically Ickworth House NT - Hen of the Woods, more Verdigris Roundheads, Dyer’s Mazegill and Weeping Widow
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@suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
More fungi from Suffolk, specifically Ickworth House NT - Hen of the Woods, more Verdigris Roundheads, Dyer’s Mazegill and Weeping Widow
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@suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
Verdigris Roundhead, Stropharia aeruginosa at Arger Fen near Sudbury, Suffolk today. One of my faves 😍 @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Verdigris Roundhead, Stropharia aeruginosa at Arger Fen near Sudbury, Suffolk today. One of my faves 😍 @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
A couple of great coastal spiders in Holkham Dunes yesterday - the nationally scarce Dune Jumper, Marpissa nivoyi and Sand-bear Spider, Arctosa perita. Many thanks to @jeremybartlett.bsky.social and @vannabartlett.bsky.social for their company on a great day out
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October 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A couple of great coastal spiders in Holkham Dunes yesterday - the nationally scarce Dune Jumper, Marpissa nivoyi and Sand-bear Spider, Arctosa perita. Many thanks to @jeremybartlett.bsky.social and @vannabartlett.bsky.social for their company on a great day out
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Double earthstar day - Dwarf and Tiny in Holkham/Burnham Overy Dunes 😀
October 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Double earthstar day - Dwarf and Tiny in Holkham/Burnham Overy Dunes 😀
Marvellous views of the Turkestan Shrike on Dunwich Heath in the window of sunshine we had this morning. Always keeping to the sheltered side of bushes as it was blowing a hoolie!
October 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Marvellous views of the Turkestan Shrike on Dunwich Heath in the window of sunshine we had this morning. Always keeping to the sheltered side of bushes as it was blowing a hoolie!
Some splendid inverts seen in Brittany in the last week included some non-UK species like the bee-fly Villa Hottentotta and the firebug lookalike Melanocoryphus albomaculatus plus Hornet Robberfly and Violet Ground Beetle.
October 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Some splendid inverts seen in Brittany in the last week included some non-UK species like the bee-fly Villa Hottentotta and the firebug lookalike Melanocoryphus albomaculatus plus Hornet Robberfly and Violet Ground Beetle.
We have seen Asian Hornet in several places on the Normandy coast today. Ready to invade? Worrying
September 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We have seen Asian Hornet in several places on the Normandy coast today. Ready to invade? Worrying
Barred Warbler at Kessingland, Suffolk today. Good views eventually after much searching and a good soaking! @janeferguson.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Barred Warbler at Kessingland, Suffolk today. Good views eventually after much searching and a good soaking! @janeferguson.bsky.social
Hog Fennel, Peucedanum officinale at Southwold, Suffolk today. It is indeed
still there! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
still there! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hog Fennel, Peucedanum officinale at Southwold, Suffolk today. It is indeed
still there! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
still there! @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Black Shuck woz ere! ‘A strange and terrible wunder’. Blythburgh, Suffolk
August 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Black Shuck woz ere! ‘A strange and terrible wunder’. Blythburgh, Suffolk
Any Suffolk or Norfolk botanists know if Hog Fennel, Peucedanum officinale still persists at Southwold? And if so where?! I can only find mention of it in 1994 ‘in reeds near the harbour’
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August 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Any Suffolk or Norfolk botanists know if Hog Fennel, Peucedanum officinale still persists at Southwold? And if so where?! I can only find mention of it in 1994 ‘in reeds near the harbour’
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Greenish Warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides at Ness Point, Lowestoft this afternoon. A eastern wanderer in the most easterly elder and tamarisk bushes in the UK!
August 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Greenish Warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides at Ness Point, Lowestoft this afternoon. A eastern wanderer in the most easterly elder and tamarisk bushes in the UK!
4 Ruddy Shelduck (asleep in the haze!), Wood Sandpiper and 2 Greenshank at Aldeburgh Town Marsh this afternoon
August 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
4 Ruddy Shelduck (asleep in the haze!), Wood Sandpiper and 2 Greenshank at Aldeburgh Town Marsh this afternoon
I finally dragged myself out to Boyton today for the juv Black Stork. Once we’d found the spot it showed characteristically well!
August 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I finally dragged myself out to Boyton today for the juv Black Stork. Once we’d found the spot it showed characteristically well!
Very happy indeed to find this clump of Medusa Mushrooms, Agaricus bohusii at Thornham Walks, Suffolk today. Pretty damn rare and a new one for me 🤪😀
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Very happy indeed to find this clump of Medusa Mushrooms, Agaricus bohusii at Thornham Walks, Suffolk today. Pretty damn rare and a new one for me 🤪😀
Signs of a 2nd late summer brood of Small Blues at Cranwich Heath in Norfolk yesterday probably indicates they’re having a good year 😀 @norfolknats.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Signs of a 2nd late summer brood of Small Blues at Cranwich Heath in Norfolk yesterday probably indicates they’re having a good year 😀 @norfolknats.bsky.social
My hasty phone-scoped photo won’t win any prizes 😂 but the Zitting Cisticola at Walberswick showed very nicely early this morning!
August 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My hasty phone-scoped photo won’t win any prizes 😂 but the Zitting Cisticola at Walberswick showed very nicely early this morning!