Day 8, #30DaysWild. Jackdaw outside @theul.bsky.social.
Dr Jill Whitelock
Day 11, #30DaysWild. Black medick flowering in the lawn.
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
A good year for the Peace rose.
Day 9, #30DaysWild. Small white butterfly on Brambles before the storm.
Eupeodes corollae hoverfly on Field bindweed. #WildWebsWednesday
Day 10, #30DaysWild. Two’s company. Bumblebees still asleep on a Bramble flower this morning in Ely.
Day 7, #30DaysWild. Flower beetle on Mexican fleabane in the garden.
Dr Jill Whitelock
Day 12, #30DaysWild. Speckled bush cricket at the bottom of the garden.
Dr Jill Whitelock
Dr Jill Whitelock
Dr Jill Whitelock
Dr Jill Whitelock
Dr Jill Whitelock
Dr Jill Whitelock
Dr Jill Whitelock
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
