JDO – Page 5 – Jill Orme Photography

25 May 2026

Selfie

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

Blipfoto tells me that this is my 4,380th post, and after going through the usual kind of thought process: Twelve years?? Surely not!! That’s a lot of photos… and a LOT of words! No wonder I’m so tired all the … Continued

24 May 2026

Sticky

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

This afternoon I decided to take another trip up to the River Severn at Uckinghall, hoping to find more Common Clubtails. According to posts I’ve been seeing on social media over the past couple of days, at least sixteen fresh … Continued

23 May 2026

Chunky

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

After a poor start. the Community Orchard at Cleeve Prior is now working hard to make up ground: today, as well as most of the species I found there on Thursday (minus the Scarce Chaser, who probably saw me coming … Continued

22 May 2026

Steps

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

I decided to go to Croome today, on the grounds that it must surely be dragonfly city by now, but sadly it wasn’t. To be fair, there were many scores of damselflies around, but most were teneral and all were … Continued

21 May 2026

Hanging loose

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

The Community Orchard at Cleeve Prior has been a bit of a disappointment this season, Odonata-wise. Up till today all I’d managed to record there were a couple of Azure Damselflies and a single Banded Demoiselle, plus, just yesterday, three … Continued

20 May 2026

Scarce

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

Well, I finally got my first Scarce Chaser of the year, but I had to go over the border into Warwickshire to find him. Interestingly, I’ve since seen a Facebook post written by the Warwickshire County Recorder, noting that the … Continued

19 May 2026

Rescued

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

I was rummaging around the very wet wild garden this morning, looking for inverts, when I spotted this male early Bumblebee trying and failing to haul himself out of the sodden grass by climbing a taller stem, which unobligingly bent … Continued

18 May 2026

Drenched

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

I needed to be in Stratford for a meeting this morning, but I had some time to spare, so I went to the river and walked along the north bank, exploring much further than I ever have before. I usually … Continued

17 May 2026

Mrs White-Legs

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Another day of highly variable weather – sun, wind, cloud, rain, sleet, hail, plagues of locusts*, etc. – settled just enough at lunch time to allow at least the possibility that a few insects might emerge from their roosts, so … Continued

16 May 2026

Grim

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

It was such a grim day, weather-wise, that I walked twice round the garden before managing to find a single insect. Then the sky lifted slightly and the temperature went up a degree or two, and suddenly I heard the … Continued

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