Dr Raye eating choccy @LeafyHistory@computerfairi.es

@CherylMorgan wow

@richardev Yes! I can actually explain that one. There was one recorder called Thomas Machell who seems to have been EVER SO interested in Martens and Wildcats around Kendal. He was so interested in them and records so many locations that it skews the whole map, although I suspect the early modern Lake District was also genuinely a very good habitat for them too! ​

@mari3lle I know right! I was absolutely blown away when I saw that cover, all credit to Pelagic Publishing! The artwork is actually from the seventeenth century - I have a contemporary picture for most of the species in the Atlas! ​​

December's historical wildlife map is of the (harbour/grey) #seal! According to my research, seals were widespread around Britain and Ireland 250-500 years ago! 🐕​🧜‍♀️​

Interestingly, seals started to decline after the end of the #EarlyModern period due to increased hunting. Around 1900 they had become so rare that they had to be legally protected. They have recovered pretty well since, and it's now pupping season, so look out for them if you walk on the coast this winter! 🌊​🔭 #histodons #mammals

If you traveled back 250-500 years what #wildlife could you see near you? After a four year research project, I can tell you the answer in Britain and Ireland and it is quite exciting! (🐺​🐆​🐰​🦈​​🦐​🐍​)!

My Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife will be published in June, but I have special permission to share some of my findings before that, so I will be releasing one map each month here. Here is a list of previously released ones: https://historyandnature.wordpress.com/2022/12/21/atlas-maps/
#gis

Today the #mountain air is murky with fog. My footsteps are muffled as I walk and there is a ripple of quiet anticipation passing through the wood. A good lunchtime!

@mwt Oh thank you I will! (am assuming you mean future posts not clicking 'delete and redraft' on this one?)💚​

Introduction 3. I'll follow you for...
I want to share #nature pics - especially of wild plants and amphibians and reptiles. I'd like to read toots on other kinds of #history too (queer history, Black history, Mughal India). I'm hoping to meet more people who are in the UK's University and College Union (#UCU). But I’d also love to see toots which have a trace of the mystery and queerness of faerie about them!🧚💜
#NewToMastodon #TwitterMigration

#Introduction 2. Follow me for...
I work as an Associate Lecturer. When not teaching or walking, I research the #history of #wildlife and #wildflowers and I'll post about that here. I've just finished writing my 'Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife', out in June and this month I have been working on a research project on pine trees and yew trees in #MedievalWales, and a translation of an #earlymodern Scottish natural history text out of #Latin. 🌲📚
#AmWriting #CelticStudies

Introduction 1 HELLO WORLD
In Glamorgan in #Wales there is a mountain which is cool and dim and damp and old. It has wizened old walls covered in moss, and tall, gnarled trees bristling with ivy. There are footpaths crisscrossing and circling about that mountain so that we can check on it; #mountains are not entirely trustworthy you see. I am one of the people living on that mountain and, of course, I walk across it as often as I can on my lunch breaks! ⛰️