lynda Lambert

Goldfinches galore on the Ohlao salinas yesterday #Algarve #BirdsSeenIn2026

Kentish Plovers on Ohlao salinas yesterday .#Algarve #BirdsSeeIn2026

So few butterflies this trip due to lack of flowers I think but good to see this beautiful Long tailed Blue on Ohlao Salinas @britishnatureguide.bsky.social @joelashton.bsky.social

Bad heat haze on the Forte Rato Road today but just had to take this photo. It made me smile. Spoonbills #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Tavira

Saw these two Glossy Ibis fly into the fruit farm pond, off Forte Rato road , so dared to squeeze through the gate .They didn't used to mind folk going just inside the gate to get a couple of pics but times have changed . #BirdsSeenIn2026

Red-veined Darter . Lots still in flight around the Tavira saltpans but rarely alighting .

The only Cattle Egret I've seen this trip.So unusual. #Tavira

In all the years I've been coming to Tavira I've never seen so many storks gathered together on the edge of a salt pan. #BirdsSeenIn2026

A slender billed gull I think. Just one spotted on the Forte Rato saltpans today.

A digger wasp, Prionyx kirbii on the saltpans ,Tavira . Very few insects seen this trip.

Saw only a couple of Audouins Gull s on Tavira Saltpans late this afternoon . #BirdsSeenIn2026

Flamingoes having a little dispute early morning on Tavira saltpans

I wasn't the only one up for the sunrise, and so glad I made the effort as my favourite suddenly appeared just below me on the edge of a saltpan. Bluethroat, Tavira💚 #Birdsseenin2026

This has got to be the worst ever photo of Green Woodpeckers.Two flew over the valley in the barracol outside Tavira and landed in a tree but we couldn't spot them,so took pics and they are there .Distance and mid day sun doesn't help .😅

I think these Sandwich Terns can tell the time as two days running they have turned up on the river outside my hotel at exactly the same time.Flying back and forth calling but not attempting to fish . #Tavira

My first ever Willow Emerald , alighted beside me in the barrocal outside Tavira today.

Didn't expect this Black shouldered Kite over the saltpans on the Forte du Rato road today. High and in bright mid day sun not great for photography .

On a distant salt pan track in Tavira , two Caspian Terns . Hope to catch one in flight during my stay here .

Just a few Flamingoes and a lone Spoonbill as I walked up Quatra Aquas ,Tavira today

A 50 + flock of Glossy Ibis, over the Tavira saltpans , very distant but worth a try as I could at least ID them

Little and Large on the salt pans, Tavira ,Algarve Always something to see here without going far .💚

@only16.bsky.social Really enjoying All Creatures Great and Small and loving Sam and Ade go Birding .We need a lot more of this please 💚

Just one Dragonfly seen today a Common Darter ,and only one bee , but a beautiful Common Carder . At Barrows Hill NR . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

I usually get better results with Firecrest pics but although there were four feeding in a patch of Holly at Rushcombe, no way would they play ball with me today .Nice to be able to show them to some interested walkers though ,who have not ever seen one . @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social

This Nuthatch was very busy drilling into the bark of this tree Rushcombe NR. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

This Long-tailed tit at Corfe Barrows NR looked so much whiter than its mates .No black on its head ,maybe a juv? @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Spotted a Roe deer on the path at Rushcombe , then as I walked on there it was behind the gorse and so close .It didn't want to hang around but didn't appear scared. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

My day for Red Kites around Corfe Mullen. First two seen at Barrows Hill reserve then one over Rushcombe and lastly as I drove up Haywards Lane near home one was flying over the houses at the top. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Just three butterflies spotted today on a walk around Corfe Barrows and Rushcombe .Clouded Yellow looking a bit worn now . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Record shot of Amblyptilia_acanthadactyla , a Geranium Plume moth .Found in my greenhouse which houses a scented geranium . I can't smell it with rubbing the leaves but this moth obviously can . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

I'm seeing lots more Tree creepers this year . Beautiful birds when you get a good view of them @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Got really lucky with Tree creepers along the Stour at Wimborne today. In the right light for a change and not bothered by me being just underneath it. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

A new hoverfly to me today nr Wimborne ,thinking Ferdinandea cuprea. @ianbeavis.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

@ianballam.bsky.social thought you might like to see this one found at Lawson's Clump on main track today . Common Bighorn fly fairly scarce I believe .

Could this be Common Bighorn a fairly scarce species of hoverfly ,spotted at Lawson's Clump today @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @ianbeavis.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

It was the day to see Minotaur Beetles, Typhaeus typhoeus at Lawson's Clump ,three seen on the main track . Female and male shown here . The male being near the end of its life I think. @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide. @coleopsoc.bsky.social

@Clareslade2 and me saw many Goldcrests at Lawson's Clump but they were very illusive flitting constantly through the trees.I only managed one clear image 🙄 @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Over mature Common Darter at Lawson's Club today . @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

A Song Thrush has returned after a few weeks in hiding . Well I like to image it's one of my earlier ones that came daily for weeks on end. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Good to find 4 Dartford Warblers at Rushcombe Bottom in two different areas this afternoon @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

I think she's seen me #Jay at Rushcombe Bottom @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

Not many birds showing on Corfe Mullen Rec today, but Long tailed tits were flitting around a dried up Hawthorn looking for insects @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

On Corfe Mullen Rec today the Tree creepers were hard to spot in the tangle of twigs and leaves, but when you say 'hello' sometimes one responds 😅 I saw a little family group feeding in holly . @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

What a little beauty . Outside my conservatory door, it let me open it and step outside two meters from it on the rose bush. Still finding greenfly , but they must need so many as they are so small . @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social

11 years and 4 months! Resilience! 🙌

Unbelievably on such a lovely day and in open areas at Pamphill and woodland I only saw one butterfly and that was doing its best to hide @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @britishnatureguide.bsky.social