Associate Director, Head of Special Collections at @theul.bsky.social | Co-Chair, @camglamresearch.bsky.social | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Wildflowers, hoverflies, photography
Dr Jill Whitelock
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Day 10, #30DaysWild. Two’s company. Bumblebees still asleep on a Bramble flower this morning in Ely.
Did you know that Cambridge University had a farm? Its archive is held @theul.bsky.social and the University Archivist explores its history in our latest blog! specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=31573
Dr Jill Whitelock
Cambridge UL Special Collections
Day 7, #30DaysWild. Flower beetle on Mexican fleabane in the garden.
A good year for the Peace rose.
Wild carrot, Germander speedwell, Selfheal for #LawnFlowers and a Goatsbeard clock. #WildflowerHour
Day 9, #30DaysWild. Small white butterfly on Brambles before the storm.
Looks like a bee, flies like a bee. Smart little hoverfly Merodon equestris, mimicking a Red-tailed bumblebee, briefly resting on Bramble in Ely this week. #WildWebsWednesday #Hoverflies #Diptera
Eupeodes corollae hoverfly on Field bindweed. #WildWebsWednesday
Day 8, #30DaysWild. Jackdaw outside @theul.bsky.social.
Pretty pale pink Bramble flowers visited by a hoverfly, Riponnensia splendens. #WildflowerHour #Hoverflies #Diptera
