Sarah Lambert
@sarahlambert7.bsky.social
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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We've enjoyed a bunch of red hot pokers of the southern Drakensberg over the last couple of days
Kniphofia caulescens, a chunky beast up in Lesotho
slender K. ichopensis and luminous K. porphyrantha from the Sani Pass
& K. laxiflora around Pevensey
#BotanicalOverload, with plenty more to come
Kniphofia caulescens, a chunky beast up in Lesotho
slender K. ichopensis and luminous K. porphyrantha from the Sani Pass
& K. laxiflora around Pevensey
#BotanicalOverload, with plenty more to come
January 20, 2026 at 8:51 PM
We've enjoyed a bunch of red hot pokers of the southern Drakensberg over the last couple of days
Kniphofia caulescens, a chunky beast up in Lesotho
slender K. ichopensis and luminous K. porphyrantha from the Sani Pass
& K. laxiflora around Pevensey
#BotanicalOverload, with plenty more to come
Kniphofia caulescens, a chunky beast up in Lesotho
slender K. ichopensis and luminous K. porphyrantha from the Sani Pass
& K. laxiflora around Pevensey
#BotanicalOverload, with plenty more to come
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In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I meet a fellow swimmer better adapted to cold water than I am!
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Which is the ‘fast sinker’ out of me and the grebe? | Nic Wilson
Waresley, Cambridgeshire: In a near-freezing lake, I’m treated to an up-close view of one of my favourite birds
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:46 AM
In today's @theguardian.com country diary, I meet a fellow swimmer better adapted to cold water than I am!
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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A statement from Wildlife Trust BCN on the future management of Grafham Water Nature Reserve
Statement on the management of Grafham Water Nature Reserve | Wildlife Trust for Beds Cambs & Northants
The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants is deeply disappointed that Anglian Water have decided to manage the Grafham Water Nature Reserve themselves in future and will no longer be asking the...
www.wildlifebcn.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
A statement from Wildlife Trust BCN on the future management of Grafham Water Nature Reserve
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Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Huge thanks to 3,652 of you amazing #CitizenScientists who went out hunting for #NewYearPlantHunt!
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
You sent us >25K records of an astonishing 663 different wildflower spp. blooming across Britain & Ireland
Headlines in our infographic 👇
More details on our 2026 Results page: bsbi.org/take-part/ac...
Stark and beautiful snow-covered Frampton Marsh NR, where @ckirbylambert.bsky.social and I spent a magical time with a flock of six confiding Snow Buntings last week, watching them fossicking on the strand-line for washed-up seeds.
@rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
@rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Stark and beautiful snow-covered Frampton Marsh NR, where @ckirbylambert.bsky.social and I spent a magical time with a flock of six confiding Snow Buntings last week, watching them fossicking on the strand-line for washed-up seeds.
@rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
@rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social
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Introducing Westings Meadow and the Maxey Cut - hyperlocal histories of a long-forgotten 500 year old meadow and its current-day wildlife and restoration. open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
#WestingsMeadow #MaxeyCut #localhistory
#WestingsMeadow #MaxeyCut #localhistory
Westings Meadow and the Maxey Cut!
For the last 70 years, the Maxey Cut has protected nearby towns and villages from flooding.
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January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Introducing Westings Meadow and the Maxey Cut - hyperlocal histories of a long-forgotten 500 year old meadow and its current-day wildlife and restoration. open.substack.com/pub/kathrynp...
#WestingsMeadow #MaxeyCut #localhistory
#WestingsMeadow #MaxeyCut #localhistory
Lot of wonderful photos from @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social holidays now available at www.flickr.com/photos/wildl..., including mine from the joy-filled Cyprus Christmas 2025 trip and some amazing bird images from @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social in Bhutan…
Ideal to banish the winter blues!
Ideal to banish the winter blues!
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Lot of wonderful photos from @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social holidays now available at www.flickr.com/photos/wildl..., including mine from the joy-filled Cyprus Christmas 2025 trip and some amazing bird images from @wildlifeprecey.bsky.social in Bhutan…
Ideal to banish the winter blues!
Ideal to banish the winter blues!
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🦅 Learn to ID raptors with Henry Stanier online on 14 Jan!
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
🦅 Learn to ID raptors with Henry Stanier online on 14 Jan!
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
🌤️ Optional Great Fen walk on 17 Jan.
Book here: www.wildlifebcn.org/events/2026-...
#RaptorID #Birdwatching
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🌿 Youth Rangers of the Fens 🌿
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
🌿 Youth Rangers of the Fens 🌿
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
Free conservation skills workshop for ages 11–17 at The Great Fen, Ramsey.
🪚 Tool use
🌳 Tree management
🦋 Fenland wildlife ID
📅 Sat 24 Jan | 10am–1pm
🔗 wildlifebcn.org/events
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back to the beginning...
I started my #Bhutan trip with a roadside Ibisbill just outside Paro, and 10 days later I'm back, just a stone's throw away from a male Wallcreeper: two monotypic families within sight of each other.
Winter in Bhutan... beats Storm Goretti any day!
#Ibidorhynchidae
I started my #Bhutan trip with a roadside Ibisbill just outside Paro, and 10 days later I'm back, just a stone's throw away from a male Wallcreeper: two monotypic families within sight of each other.
Winter in Bhutan... beats Storm Goretti any day!
#Ibidorhynchidae
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 AM
back to the beginning...
I started my #Bhutan trip with a roadside Ibisbill just outside Paro, and 10 days later I'm back, just a stone's throw away from a male Wallcreeper: two monotypic families within sight of each other.
Winter in Bhutan... beats Storm Goretti any day!
#Ibidorhynchidae
I started my #Bhutan trip with a roadside Ibisbill just outside Paro, and 10 days later I'm back, just a stone's throw away from a male Wallcreeper: two monotypic families within sight of each other.
Winter in Bhutan... beats Storm Goretti any day!
#Ibidorhynchidae
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January definitely isn't prime botanising time in Bhutan, but just to show willing...
a couple of bizarre members of the Lamiaceae: the nectar-rich shrubby Leucosceptrum canum and the red-flowered vine Holmskioldia sanguinea
Buddleja asiatica
& Primula denticulata
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
a couple of bizarre members of the Lamiaceae: the nectar-rich shrubby Leucosceptrum canum and the red-flowered vine Holmskioldia sanguinea
Buddleja asiatica
& Primula denticulata
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
January definitely isn't prime botanising time in Bhutan, but just to show willing...
a couple of bizarre members of the Lamiaceae: the nectar-rich shrubby Leucosceptrum canum and the red-flowered vine Holmskioldia sanguinea
Buddleja asiatica
& Primula denticulata
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
a couple of bizarre members of the Lamiaceae: the nectar-rich shrubby Leucosceptrum canum and the red-flowered vine Holmskioldia sanguinea
Buddleja asiatica
& Primula denticulata
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
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a Bhutanese photographic pheasant phoursome completed this morning with a whole load of Khalij Pheasants feeding (on grit?) at the roadside above Punakha.
not at all bad for a "pheasants aren't easy outside of the spring" winter recce
suffice to say, we will be back
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
not at all bad for a "pheasants aren't easy outside of the spring" winter recce
suffice to say, we will be back
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 AM
a Bhutanese photographic pheasant phoursome completed this morning with a whole load of Khalij Pheasants feeding (on grit?) at the roadside above Punakha.
not at all bad for a "pheasants aren't easy outside of the spring" winter recce
suffice to say, we will be back
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
not at all bad for a "pheasants aren't easy outside of the spring" winter recce
suffice to say, we will be back
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
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all the #oof used up for today, with a hyperactive group of Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornises?) at Latong La, Bhutan
well, that's the colour scheme for the spare room sorted!
#NotARealJob #BirdsArentReal
well, that's the colour scheme for the spare room sorted!
#NotARealJob #BirdsArentReal
January 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
all the #oof used up for today, with a hyperactive group of Fire-tailed Myzornis (Myzornises?) at Latong La, Bhutan
well, that's the colour scheme for the spare room sorted!
#NotARealJob #BirdsArentReal
well, that's the colour scheme for the spare room sorted!
#NotARealJob #BirdsArentReal
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Ward's Trogon, a right little weirdo, and haunter of the tall, middle-altitude Quercus lanata forests of Bhutan
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
January 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Ward's Trogon, a right little weirdo, and haunter of the tall, middle-altitude Quercus lanata forests of Bhutan
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
#VisitBhutan with us in 2027
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Bhutan is full of exciting, exotic, near mythical birds: Himalayan Monal, Beautiful Nuthatch, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Ibisbill, Ward's Trogon...
but the bird I most wanted to see was this one, White-crested Laughingthrush, a feature of childhood nature books and zoo visits
#DreamBird #JobDone
but the bird I most wanted to see was this one, White-crested Laughingthrush, a feature of childhood nature books and zoo visits
#DreamBird #JobDone
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Bhutan is full of exciting, exotic, near mythical birds: Himalayan Monal, Beautiful Nuthatch, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Ibisbill, Ward's Trogon...
but the bird I most wanted to see was this one, White-crested Laughingthrush, a feature of childhood nature books and zoo visits
#DreamBird #JobDone
but the bird I most wanted to see was this one, White-crested Laughingthrush, a feature of childhood nature books and zoo visits
#DreamBird #JobDone
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gotta love a funky Dunnock
Maroon-backed and Rufous-breasted Accentor both performing magnificently in #Bhutan
(I'll let you work out which is which)
#FunkyDunnock
Maroon-backed and Rufous-breasted Accentor both performing magnificently in #Bhutan
(I'll let you work out which is which)
#FunkyDunnock
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 AM
gotta love a funky Dunnock
Maroon-backed and Rufous-breasted Accentor both performing magnificently in #Bhutan
(I'll let you work out which is which)
#FunkyDunnock
Maroon-backed and Rufous-breasted Accentor both performing magnificently in #Bhutan
(I'll let you work out which is which)
#FunkyDunnock
A final #NewYearPlantHunt on my birthday round suburban streets of Longthorpe in Peterborough - a much lower total than on previous hunts, with just 37 species but some new including Wild Radish, Oat and the first few flowers of Cut-leaved Dead-nettle.
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
A final #NewYearPlantHunt on my birthday round suburban streets of Longthorpe in Peterborough - a much lower total than on previous hunts, with just 37 species but some new including Wild Radish, Oat and the first few flowers of Cut-leaved Dead-nettle.
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
A surprise find while carrying out my final #NewYearPlantHunt of 2026 in Peterborough, a non-flowering specimen of Tree Spinach on an area of disturbed ground resulting from recent road improvements. Seems to be new for VC32
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
A surprise find while carrying out my final #NewYearPlantHunt of 2026 in Peterborough, a non-flowering specimen of Tree Spinach on an area of disturbed ground resulting from recent road improvements. Seems to be new for VC32
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
#wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Today's journey took us to Phobjikha Valley, home to Hodgson's Wagtail, Royle's Pika, swarms of Plain Mountain-Finches and at least 150 Black-necked Cranes
Fingers crossed for closer crane encounters tomorrow...
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
Fingers crossed for closer crane encounters tomorrow...
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Today's journey took us to Phobjikha Valley, home to Hodgson's Wagtail, Royle's Pika, swarms of Plain Mountain-Finches and at least 150 Black-necked Cranes
Fingers crossed for closer crane encounters tomorrow...
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
Fingers crossed for closer crane encounters tomorrow...
#WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
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December 31, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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a wing-flicking Wallcreeper, just before lunch
road verges are a bit different in Bhutan!
#VisitBhutan #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
road verges are a bit different in Bhutan!
#VisitBhutan #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
a wing-flicking Wallcreeper, just before lunch
road verges are a bit different in Bhutan!
#VisitBhutan #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
road verges are a bit different in Bhutan!
#VisitBhutan #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
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and I'm not the only one stalking these Bhutan roadsides...
came round the corner this morning to see a pack of Dhole, who quickly put some distance between us
and the same stretch of road had some very fresh Tiger pug marks
#MammalWatching and #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
came round the corner this morning to see a pack of Dhole, who quickly put some distance between us
and the same stretch of road had some very fresh Tiger pug marks
#MammalWatching and #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
and I'm not the only one stalking these Bhutan roadsides...
came round the corner this morning to see a pack of Dhole, who quickly put some distance between us
and the same stretch of road had some very fresh Tiger pug marks
#MammalWatching and #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
came round the corner this morning to see a pack of Dhole, who quickly put some distance between us
and the same stretch of road had some very fresh Tiger pug marks
#MammalWatching and #WildlifeTravelling in #Bhutan
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five minutes from the airport...
a bird I first looked for 25 years ago, unsuccessfully, on the Kosi River with @birdingdad.bsky.social
something tells me I'm going to enjoy Bhutan!
a bird I first looked for 25 years ago, unsuccessfully, on the Kosi River with @birdingdad.bsky.social
something tells me I'm going to enjoy Bhutan!
December 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
five minutes from the airport...
a bird I first looked for 25 years ago, unsuccessfully, on the Kosi River with @birdingdad.bsky.social
something tells me I'm going to enjoy Bhutan!
a bird I first looked for 25 years ago, unsuccessfully, on the Kosi River with @birdingdad.bsky.social
something tells me I'm going to enjoy Bhutan!
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today we drove east, from Thimphu, the capital, to Bhutan's largest protected wetland, the Phobjikha Valley, via two passes over 3,000m asl, some good looking redstarts and a couple of exciting Himalayan finches
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
December 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
today we drove east, from Thimphu, the capital, to Bhutan's largest protected wetland, the Phobjikha Valley, via two passes over 3,000m asl, some good looking redstarts and a couple of exciting Himalayan finches
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
#VisitBhutan #BhutanBirdingTours
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Bhutan day 4: travelled down from Trongsa into the foothills, spending time with this characterful crew along the way
jst in case it hasn't become immediately obvious, we will definitely be bringing a group to #Bhutan. Get your name on the list for spring 2027: you won't regret it!
#VisitBhutan
jst in case it hasn't become immediately obvious, we will definitely be bringing a group to #Bhutan. Get your name on the list for spring 2027: you won't regret it!
#VisitBhutan
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Bhutan day 4: travelled down from Trongsa into the foothills, spending time with this characterful crew along the way
jst in case it hasn't become immediately obvious, we will definitely be bringing a group to #Bhutan. Get your name on the list for spring 2027: you won't regret it!
#VisitBhutan
jst in case it hasn't become immediately obvious, we will definitely be bringing a group to #Bhutan. Get your name on the list for spring 2027: you won't regret it!
#VisitBhutan