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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 2m

Greater celandine flowering on a pavement in Ely this week. #WildflowerHour

Two yellow flowers against a pale brick wall.

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Had a walk over to a large patch of ivy this afternoon to get what's probably a last look at the ivy bees for this year. 📷 #photography

An ivy bee (Colletes hederae), roughly honey-bee shaped but with more pronounced custard-coloured stripes on its abdomen and a furry thorax, on ivy flowers, with out-of-focus green behind and a pale light source in the top right corner.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 4h

Honeybee on a Michaelmas daisy in Cambridge last week.

A Honeybee on a mauve Michaelmas daisy with yellow centre, against a blurred green background.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We’ve been bowled over by the standard for this year's Botanical Photographer of the Year. It's now time for public shortlisting. Use the links below to view the entries into this year's competition and vote for all those you think are particularly impressive. Shortlisting will run until 31 Oct.

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today is the *final day* to submit your entries for the Botanical Photographer of the Year competition. It's easy to send us your photos - if you aren't sure on the identification for a plant, simply tell us that on your entry. Make sure you are in the running! Go, go, go! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

bsbi.org

Botanical Photographer of the Year

The BSBI is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A white Hedgerow cranesbill flowering in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

A white Hedgerow cranesbill flower against a blurred green background.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Female Eupeodes luniger in the garden yesterday afternoon. #Hoverflies #Diptera

A yellow and black banded Hoverfly on a white and yellow Mexican fleabane flower, through a blurred green and pink foreground.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Marmalade hoverfly on a Chicory flower in the garden today. #Hoverflies #Diptera

An orange and black banded Hoverfly on a pale blue flower, against a blurred green and brown background.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Migrations. From ‘Ortus sanitatis’ (Mainz: Jacob Meydenbach, 23 June 1491). Inc.3.A.1.8[37] @theulspeccoll.bsky.social cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-INC-...

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Cambridge Collections Connections Communities @camglamresearch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very excited for this talk by Dr Grace Exley, Munby Fellow at @theul.bsky.social and a Natural History Humanities Postdoctoral Research Associate at @camglamresearch.bsky.social!

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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

✒️ "Written & Edited by his Wife" Join us for a research talk by Dr Grace Exley who will explore how women’s hands have shaped our impression of some of the most famous scientists of the nineteenth century. 21 Oct, 5-6.30pm Cambridge University Library Book your FREE ticket loom.ly/KpzUmgM

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Amongst the frenzy of the Ivy bees, a male Stomorhina lunata was just hanging out on a leaf. #WildWebsWednesday

A small fly with red eyes and orange markings on its abdomen, a green leaf.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Queens’ College, Cambridge, 1857. From a photograph by Robert Cade of Ipswich. Views.Cantab.4 @theul.bsky.social. @queens.cam.ac.uk

A man wearing a top hat standing in front of a gateway, beneath a stone grotesque.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Another photograph of the beautiful Wild clary in West Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

Purplish blue Wild clary flowers against a blurred green background.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Common chickweed and Herb Robert flowering outside the front door. #WildflowerHour

Montage showing a white Common chickweed flower and a pink Herb Robert flower.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ivy flowers, with visiting hoverfly Eristalis pertinax. #WildflowerHour

Green Ivy flowers, with a black and orange Hoverfly with a tapered abdomen.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ragwort in Ely, visited by a Small copper butterfly. #WildflowerHour

A Small copper butterfly on a yellow Ragwort flower.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wild clary, Ivy with Ivy bee and Viper’s bugloss in West Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

Montage showing deep purplish blue Wild clary flowers, Ivy with an Ivy bee, and two remaining bright blue Viper’s bugloss flowers.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Autumn gold. Dahlias at Anglesey Abbey last weekend. #Golden #BlueSkyArtShow

Yellow orange cactus-style dahlias against a blurred dark green background.

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Magdalen Libraries & Archives @magdlibandarch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of Magdalen's most legendary figures, Martin Routh was born #OnThisDay in 1755. He served as our President for 63 years, between 1791–1854. This daguerreotype of Routh was taken on his 99th birthday on 18 September 1854, making him one of the earliest born people to be photographed.

Black-and-white daguerreotype portrait of an elderly man leaning forward and looking down, displayed behind glass in a distressed yellow mat speckled with blue and a red velvet frame.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Willow emerald damselfly on Purple loosestrife at Anglesey Abbey on Sunday. #WildWebsWednesday

A metallic green Damselfly on a plant stem with dried up flowers, against a bright green background.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A gorgeous Comma in sunshine in West Cambridge yesterday. #WildWebsWednesday

An orange and brown Butterfly on a Bramble leaf.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Rhapsody in blue with male Stomorhina lunata at Anglesey Abbey yesterday. #BlueSkyMonday #Diptera

A small fly with red eyes, a striped thorax and orange patches on the abdomen, on a ‘blue’ rose.

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This lovely photo by @sarahfaulkner.bsky.social marks the end of a season of weekly @wildflowerhour.bsky.social challenges! They return next spring but meanwhile #WildFlowerHour continues every Sunday 8-9pm & don't forget to enter your best photos into our Photo Competition bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

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Botanical Photographer of the Year

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wild carrot, Vervain, Lady’s bedstraw and Red clover. #WildflowerHour

Montage showing details of a white Wild carrot flower, mauvish white Vervain, bright yellow Lady’s bedstraw and Red clover.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ivy in flower and attracting an Ivy bee outside @theul.bsky.social this week. #WildflowerHour

An orangey yellow and black Ivy bee on Ivy flowers, surrounded by dark green leaves.

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A couple of petals of Purple loosestrife hanging on in there and Marsh marigolds in flower at Anglesey Abbey this afternoon. #WildflowerHour

Montage showing a statue in a Rose garden, detail of Purple loosestrife and yellow Marsh marigolds flowers.

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