Dr Jill Whitelock
Associate Director, Head of Special Collections at @theul.bsky.social | Co-Chair, @camglamresearch.bsky.social | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Wildflowers, hoverflies, photography
- 13 May 1800, ‘With Cooper to Paradise’. Cambridge student Revett Sheppard (1779–1830) records wildflowers seen on a visit to what’s now the Paradise Nature Reserve in Cambridge. 225 years later, I retraced his steps … 1/2 @theul.bsky.social @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
- Revett Sheppard saw Brooklime, Common gromwell, Tubular water dropwort, Wild clary, Wood avens and Green alkanet on his visit to Paradise, Cambridge on 13 May 1800. I saw the last two, but other nice things as well. And heard a Cuckoo. 2/2
- Poppy flowering near the bike racks outside @theul.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour
- Buttercups and Green winged orchids in Chettisham Meadow, and a Bramble on the way. #WildflowerHour @wildlifebcn.org
- “His Head (like that of a Tortoise) was put forth and drawn in at Pleasure.” Puss moth caterpillar, from Eleazar Albin, ‘A natural history of English insects’ (1720). Lib.4.72.4 @theulspeccoll.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social
