April 2024 – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

10 Apr 2024

Greeting

by JDO | posted in: Gloucestershire, Wild animals | 0

I went on a day trip to the Forest of Dean today with Naturetrek. This was the first outing I’ve done with this company, but I’m sure it won’t be the last, because even though the weather was hateful for … Continued

9 Apr 2024

Tarnished

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I’ve been photographing different specimens of Epistrophe eligans ever since they emerged last week, but until today none has made it into my journal. Today it rained until lunchtime, and even when that stopped it was blowing a gale and … Continued

8 Apr 2024

Alderfly

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, Warwickshire | 0

As with last Friday’s sawfly, here’s something called a fly that isn’t actually a fly at all, having two pairs of wings. Once again, the clue is in the name of the taxonomic order: Diptera have two wings, and Megaloptera … Continued

7 Apr 2024

Another

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Another day, another bee. And also, another day of furiously stormy winds, making photographing anything that wasn’t nailed down a bit of a mission. Even though I don’t believe in astrology, I risked checking the Met Office app this morning … Continued

6 Apr 2024

Sallow

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The combination of a crazily busy morning and the current round of stormy weather had me feeling almost unhinged by lunchtime. A loathing of high winds isn’t new for me – in my early 20’s I lived in Milton Keynes, … Continued

5 Apr 2024

Bronze

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, My garden, Sawflies, Worcestershire | 0

It’s always a red-letter day when I spot a Honeysuckle Sawfly, because we never get many here, and there have been years when I haven’t found any at all. At lunchtime today I was out in the garden with the … Continued

4 Apr 2024

Hover fly

by JDO | posted in: Flies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Oh, my days – I am so sick of rain. I slept late this morning, for the simple reason that it didn’t get light until nearly 9am, and when I got up it was to the discovery that it had … Continued

3 Apr 2024

Siesta

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I spent a while in the garden this afternoon, firstly planting up patio pots, and then wandering around with the camera in search of invertebrates. Initially I didn’t have much luck with the insects because it was dark and rather … Continued

2 Apr 2024

Against the lore

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Birds, Gloucestershire, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Owling lore has it that Short-eared Owls don’t hunt in bad weather. I’ve said it myself, with great confidence, on many occasions. It used to be widely believed, including by me, that this was because their feathers aren’t waterproof, but … Continued

1 Apr 2024

Spurgaceous

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Beetles, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I used to have a tall Euphorbia characias Wulfenii in the middle of the rose bed in the back garden which was mildly popular with Andrena fulva females, and for several years I would haunt this plant through April and May, … Continued

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