Valerie
@molecularscribe.bsky.social
#MedicalWriter; Biochemist; Posts about nature and local politics; Lives in CB5 Cambridge UK; All views my own
Getting to know my neighbours, the 'Belties' or Belted Galloway cattle. They seem friendly enough - they are welcome here.
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Getting to know my neighbours, the 'Belties' or Belted Galloway cattle. They seem friendly enough - they are welcome here.
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Merry Christmas Cherry! Growing as a #PavementPlant in #BuryStEdmunds. (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
#Botany #WildFlowerHour
#Botany #WildFlowerHour
December 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Merry Christmas Cherry! Growing as a #PavementPlant in #BuryStEdmunds. (Solanum pseudocapsicum)
#Botany #WildFlowerHour
#Botany #WildFlowerHour
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A good year for the Ely Shaggy soldiers. #WildflowerHour #PavementPlants
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A good year for the Ely Shaggy soldiers. #WildflowerHour #PavementPlants
Shocked by these comments that seem to originate from centuries past
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Shocked by these comments that seem to originate from centuries past
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Looking up into the crown of a much-loved ancient Small-leaved Lime coppice stool in Old Sulehay Forest on a gloomy grey day, the remaining leaves gradually changing from green to clear-yellow.
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Looking up into the crown of a much-loved ancient Small-leaved Lime coppice stool in Old Sulehay Forest on a gloomy grey day, the remaining leaves gradually changing from green to clear-yellow.
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
@wildlifebcn.org #wildflowerhour @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Nine Nightshade family members from #Cambridge and #Suffolk:
Woody, Black, Green,
Small, Deadly & Tall Nightshades,
…plus Thorn Apple, Henbane & Duke of Argyll's Tea Plant.
Scientific names in ALT.
#WildflowerHour #Fruits
Woody, Black, Green,
Small, Deadly & Tall Nightshades,
…plus Thorn Apple, Henbane & Duke of Argyll's Tea Plant.
Scientific names in ALT.
#WildflowerHour #Fruits
August 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nine Nightshade family members from #Cambridge and #Suffolk:
Woody, Black, Green,
Small, Deadly & Tall Nightshades,
…plus Thorn Apple, Henbane & Duke of Argyll's Tea Plant.
Scientific names in ALT.
#WildflowerHour #Fruits
Woody, Black, Green,
Small, Deadly & Tall Nightshades,
…plus Thorn Apple, Henbane & Duke of Argyll's Tea Plant.
Scientific names in ALT.
#WildflowerHour #Fruits
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Join me in Cambridge on 26 August at 6pm for a talk about Endemic — my journey to meet Britain’s unique species.
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
Endemic: Discover the hidden wildlife found nowhere else on Earth
In his book, Endemic, naturalist James Harding-Morris explores Britain’s rarest and most remarkable native species.
tinyurl.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Join me in Cambridge on 26 August at 6pm for a talk about Endemic — my journey to meet Britain’s unique species.
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
I’ll share stories from the book and extra tales that didn’t make it into print, including a spotlight on Cambridge’s very own endemic buttercup! 🌼
📍 Tickets: tinyurl.com/36aamfsw
#cinnabar #caterpillars enjoying #ragweed in my garden in Cambridge - exciting to see them here for the first time!
June 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#cinnabar #caterpillars enjoying #ragweed in my garden in Cambridge - exciting to see them here for the first time!
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Snapdragons naturalised on the walls outside Ely Cathedral. #HighUpPlants #WildflowerHour
May 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Snapdragons naturalised on the walls outside Ely Cathedral. #HighUpPlants #WildflowerHour
Found in a small nature area near Shaftsbury Road opposite the Botanical Gardens in #Cambridge. First is cowslip and the second might be a Campanula or perhaps Harebell? #WildflowerID #wildflowerhour
April 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Found in a small nature area near Shaftsbury Road opposite the Botanical Gardens in #Cambridge. First is cowslip and the second might be a Campanula or perhaps Harebell? #WildflowerID #wildflowerhour
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£500m for a single driving bypass - more than Active Travel England's entire budget
April 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
£500m for a single driving bypass - more than Active Travel England's entire budget
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One of the lesser appreciated things about Cambridge (UK) is what a green and generally nature friendly city it is.
I don't mean the largely biodiversity poor manicured green of the university Colleges (though some like King's are making some effort). I mean the network of Commons and LNRs 🧵
I don't mean the largely biodiversity poor manicured green of the university Colleges (though some like King's are making some effort). I mean the network of Commons and LNRs 🧵
April 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One of the lesser appreciated things about Cambridge (UK) is what a green and generally nature friendly city it is.
I don't mean the largely biodiversity poor manicured green of the university Colleges (though some like King's are making some effort). I mean the network of Commons and LNRs 🧵
I don't mean the largely biodiversity poor manicured green of the university Colleges (though some like King's are making some effort). I mean the network of Commons and LNRs 🧵
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That is not what the visa application process looks like
The number of migrants applying for visas to the UK has fallen by more than a third over the past year in a sign that net migration is set to tumble from record levels
Number of visa applications falls by more than a third
www.thetimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
That is not what the visa application process looks like
Though not #woodlandplants found these striking Marsh Marigolds and White Comfrey near Coldham's Brook chalk stream for #Wildflowerhour
April 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Though not #woodlandplants found these striking Marsh Marigolds and White Comfrey near Coldham's Brook chalk stream for #Wildflowerhour
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I took this photo less than 10 years after the deer fence behind was erected. Before it went up, the land behind was just grass, exactly like the foreground where he sheep are.
*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
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*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
🌍
March 29, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I took this photo less than 10 years after the deer fence behind was erected. Before it went up, the land behind was just grass, exactly like the foreground where he sheep are.
*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
🌍
*Nothing* was planted here.
"It's not rocket science" is an understatement.
🌍
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Note that the footbridge on Jesus Green will be closed from 9am to 3pm on weekdays from Monday 24 February to Friday 14 March to allow for replacement decking to be installed. Please help spread the word.
Find more information at one.network?GB140516230
Find more information at one.network?GB140516230
February 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Note that the footbridge on Jesus Green will be closed from 9am to 3pm on weekdays from Monday 24 February to Friday 14 March to allow for replacement decking to be installed. Please help spread the word.
Find more information at one.network?GB140516230
Find more information at one.network?GB140516230
Great read
NEW BLOGPOST: Is there anywhere that runs lifelong learning courses that includes things like the stuff science has discovered since I left school in the 1990s? cambridgetownowl.com/2025/02/23/a... They used to have such things in the olden days.
A top 20th Century astronomer helps make the case for lifelong learning for science and engineering
Just before his death, US astronomer Carl Sagan made a profound comment about the need for a scientifically literate society in a democracy. His words apply more than ever today. Image: Basic scien…
cambridgetownowl.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Great read
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Sweet Violet and Lesser Celandine in flower along old tracks Cherry Hinton 🍒🏘 #Cambridge #WildFlowerHour
February 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sweet Violet and Lesser Celandine in flower along old tracks Cherry Hinton 🍒🏘 #Cambridge #WildFlowerHour
Also feeling this today!
February 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Also feeling this today!
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Just emerging Butterbur in Paradise NR by the River Cam where John Ray is reputed to have found it in 1660. #Cambridge #WildFlowerHour
January 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just emerging Butterbur in Paradise NR by the River Cam where John Ray is reputed to have found it in 1660. #Cambridge #WildFlowerHour
Huge congratulations to @roxyfromoz.bsky.social on being elected as a @cyclinguk.bsky.social trustee! Will be a huge boost for idea sharing between Cycling UK and @camcycle.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Huge congratulations to @roxyfromoz.bsky.social on being elected as a @cyclinguk.bsky.social trustee! Will be a huge boost for idea sharing between Cycling UK and @camcycle.bsky.social
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Sweet Violet in flower at @nationaltrusteast.bsky.social Anglesey Abbey near #Cambridge, where there's always the chance of seeing Butcher's Broom flowering too.
#WildFlowerHour
#WildFlowerHour
January 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sweet Violet in flower at @nationaltrusteast.bsky.social Anglesey Abbey near #Cambridge, where there's always the chance of seeing Butcher's Broom flowering too.
#WildFlowerHour
#WildFlowerHour
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The Eurasian wren’s scientific name is “Troglodytes troglodytes”, derived from the Greek word "τρωγλο-δύτης” (troglodytes) meaning “one who creeps into holes”. The name refers to the wren’s habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices to roost or to find food. #FolkloreSunday
January 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The Eurasian wren’s scientific name is “Troglodytes troglodytes”, derived from the Greek word "τρωγλο-δύτης” (troglodytes) meaning “one who creeps into holes”. The name refers to the wren’s habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices to roost or to find food. #FolkloreSunday
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I have been illustrating insects which rely on nettles for food & shelter. This is just a tiny selection of those species. Having a nettle patch in the corner of your garden is wonderful habitat for a whole host of creatures! #wildlifehabitat #urbannature #wildgarden
December 6, 2024 at 2:58 PM
I have been illustrating insects which rely on nettles for food & shelter. This is just a tiny selection of those species. Having a nettle patch in the corner of your garden is wonderful habitat for a whole host of creatures! #wildlifehabitat #urbannature #wildgarden