January 2022 – Page 2 – Jill Orme Photography

21 Jan 2022

Icy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I brightened a dreary morning by taking a trip to Compton Verney, where the exhibitions of John Nash’s and Grinling Gibbons’ work will be closing very shortly. Having already seen the Gibbons we were especially keen to take … Continued

20 Jan 2022

Reactive

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I took advantage of another cold but clear day and went to Slimbridge, where I had a fine time, got in a good number of steps trogging around all the hides, and increased my bird list for the year by … Continued

19 Jan 2022

Shooting through

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

I’ve now changed my mind so many times about which of today’s birds to feature in this post that I’ve circled all the way through the possibilities and arrived back where I started. I’ll try not to change it again … Continued

18 Jan 2022

Iced

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I missed a beautiful sunny start to the day, because I woke up tired and struggled to get myself moving – by the time I made it outside, at about 10am, the cloud had rolled in and it had tuned … Continued

17 Jan 2022

Redemption

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

After wasting the morning on a wholly unproductive trip to Kemerton Lake – the surface of the lake being almost entirely frozen over, despite the fact that it was several degrees warmer today than it had been at the end … Continued

16 Jan 2022

Handsome

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

“Handsome is as handsome does,” the oldies used to say, gnomishly. I never knew what it meant – and in my childhood you weren’t exactly encouraged to challenge adult pronouncements (however glib, incomprehensible or just plain wrong they seemed to … Continued

15 Jan 2022

Fare

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Recipes, Worcestershire | 0

Fieldfare exchange is no robbery – is that how it goes? Something like that, anyway. I was busily constructing a Catalan chicken stew, which is one of R’s absolutely favourite dishes, when he walked through the kitchen and said, “Is … Continued

14 Jan 2022

Frosty

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Landscape | 0

After yesterday’s excitement I couldn’t resist another trip to Kemerton Lake today, in the hope of getting even better views of the otters. But it wasn’t to be, because the whole of the lake surface around the public hide was … Continued

13 Jan 2022

Cormorant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I’ve been hearing recently that there’s a lot of otter action going on at Kemerton Lake, on the border between Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, so this afternoon I drove over to take a look. There have been periods when I’ve visited … Continued

12 Jan 2022

Lifer

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Trees, Warwickshire | 0

When HelenJG messaged me yesterday afternoon and said that she’d photographed a redpoll at Hillers, I knew where I’d be going today. I think I may have seen redpolls once before, but I can’t be sure because I didn’t manage … Continued

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