Eumerus litoralis (= Eumerus sabulonum) hoverfly, from John Curtis’s ‘British entomology’, vol. 16 (London, 1839). Lib.4.82.24 @theul.bsky.social #FlyDay #Diptera #hoverflies #EntHist

Stained glass shadows, St Mary’s Church, Wreay. #WeekSforShadows 📷 #photography

Thursday 2 November 1620, 9:38 AM, and Napier is having child-wrangling problems: 'my boyes would not goe to schoole'. #earlymodern

West Cambridge corvid. #UrbanGaze 📷 #photography

Female Syrphus ribesii hoverfly on Ivy in Ely at the weekend. #WildWebsWednesday

The natural history of the book. Scarlet pimpernel in a copy of William Salmon’s ‘Botanologia: the English herbal’ (London, 1710) (along with several other pressed botanical specimens). CCA.46.31 @theUL.bsky.social

Sphaerophoria hoverfly on Ragwort in Ely yesterday. #WildWebsWednesday

Labels for medicine bottles? Found in a copy of William Salmon’s ‘Botanologia: the English herbal’ (London, 1710) (along with several pressed botanical specimens). CCA.46.31 @theUL.bsky.social, formerly at the Anatomy School, Cambridge, part of the Suffolk General Hospital collection.

North Wing shadows, @theul.bsky.social. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows 📷 #photography

Male and female Scorpionflies. From James Barbut’s ‘The genera insectorum of Linnæus …’ (London, 1781). S391.b.78.13 @theul.bsky.social #EntHist #Diptera

Shepherd’s purse, Ely. #WildflowerHour

Catsear in Ely. #WildflowerHour

Some Hemp agrimony flowers still going strong by Garret Hostel Bridge, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

Fabulous Bristly oxtongue leaf. #WildflowerHour

Hurray, #TheWinter10 is back! Selfheal, Feverfew, Red dead nettle, Ragwort, Daisies, Common mallow, White dead nettle, Dandelion, Small-flowered cranesbill,Hogweed and Sweet violet all flowering in Ely yesterday. #WildflowerHour

Autumn berries. 📷 #photography

Fallen leaves with Fly. #BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn 📷 #photography

Trees by moonlight/streetlight. #BlueSkyArtShow #Autumn 📷 #photography

The Fly that flew off the Porcelain fungus. King’s Forest, near Bury St Edmunds. 📷 #photography #Diptera

Really cool story about long-distance pollen transport by migratory hoverflies. The actual research paper is here: doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Michaelmas daisy, Brookside, Cambridge. 📷 #photography

Marmalade hoverfly on Dandelion, King’s Forest last Friday. #WildWebsWednesday

Tiny Fly on Porcelain fungus, King’s Forest. #WildWebsWednesday

Spectacular Fly on Yarrow in King’s Forest last Friday. #WildWebsWednesday

Autumn in Wasdale, 2019. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock 📷 #photography

Excited to find what I think is Basil thyme (a new one for me), on the walk back from the Cambridge HPS Fungus Hunt in King’s Forest on Friday. #WildflowerHour

Green alkanet, pale Hedgerow cranesbill and Trailing bellflower in Summerfield, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

Harebells still flowering in King’s Forest, near Bury St Edmunds. #WildflowerHour

Cyclamen flowering in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

Bugloss in King’s Forest, near Bury St Edmunds. #WildflowerHour

Catsear, Scabious, Herb Robert, Fly agaric, Heather and Viper’s bugloss. Pretty jewels found during the Cambridge HPS Fungus Hunt to King’s Forest on Friday. #WildflowerHour #WildFungiHour

The door inside the forest. #Inside #BlueskyArtShow 📷 #photography

Mist giant. 📷 #WeekQforQuiet #AlphabetChallenge

Lovely afternoon at King’s Forest on the annual Cambridge HPS Cabinet of Natural History Fungus Hunt. 📷 #photography

Sidgwick Site #scape with Tulip tree. 📷 #photography

Archaeology can often struggle to attract younger audiences and engaging local communities. New participatory research: 'Fen to Fire – Building a Living Portrait of a Bronze Age Homestead' addressed these challenges. Check their blog on our website! #GLAM www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/blog/fen-to-...

Autumn in Ely. 📷 #photography

Fly on Ivy. #WildWebsWednesday 📷 #Diptera

Syrphus hoverfly on a leaf. #WildWebsWednesday 📷 #photography #Diptera #Hoverflies

Helophilus pendulus hoverfly on Ivy in Ely at the weekend. #WildWebsWednesday

Chinese Virginia creeper being spectacularly autumnal at 10 Brookside, Cambridge, former home of Francis Jenkinson (1853-1923), Librarian @theul.bsky.social. 📷 #photography

Cassell crime, 1960. In the Tower at @theul.bsky.social. 📷 #WeekQforQuiet #AlphabetChallenge

Autumnal shades of Catsear, Buttercup, Daisy and Hawthorn berries. #WildflowerHour

Spotted dead nettle flowering by the gate at Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour

Yellow corydalis shining bright. #WildflowerHour

Hedgerow cranesbill, Autumn hawkbit seedhead, Common mallow and Dovesfoot cranesbill in Ely this week. #WildflowerHour

Palest pink with Hoverfly. #WeekPforPink #AlphabetChallenge 📷 #photography

December pink. A gorgeous Cosmos, still in flower in winter a few years ago. #WeekPforPink #AlphabetChallenge 📷 #photography

157 feet of magnificent verticality. The Tower at @theul.bsky.social. #vertical #BlueSkyArtShow 📷 #photography

From comedy improv to manuscripts by candlelight, the University Library's autumn event programme is here! 📚28 October: The Really Popular Book Club 😆20 November: Comedy Improv at the Library 🕯️4 December: Manuscripts by Candlelight 🎟️ Tickets and full details: https://loom.ly/QMtGQTI