Birds – Page 28 – Jill Orme Photography

10 Feb 2024

Nutty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Overnight, local flooding got worse as water moved down the River Avon, which was already over its banks in many places. Our village is still fine, thankfully, though houses on the other side of the loop remain under threat, and … Continued

9 Feb 2024

Charming

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

All the way home from Wales yesterday it teemed with rain, making the journey more than usually tiring for R, who was driving. The downpour continued through the evening, and by the time we went to bed the village was … Continued

7 Feb 2024

Close quarters

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The weather improved slightly today, inasmuch as the wind dropped and the cloud cover thinned, and I fully expected to be making an afternoon trip to the owl field, but the closer I got to my usual departure time, the … Continued

6 Feb 2024

Game face

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I had to go to Stratford at lunchtime for repeat blood tests (sigh), and set off in plenty of time, in the hope that I might manage to grab a bird photo somewhere along the river. Instead though, I took … Continued

5 Feb 2024

Siskin

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It was another dour day, the fierce wind making no obvious impression on the thick, lowering cloud, and my mood matched the weather pretty closely. I spent the morning at my desk, thrashing through boring computer tasks, but by lunchtime … Continued

4 Feb 2024

Heronry

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

As we walked along the south bank of the river in Stratford yesterday R and I were commenting on the fact that neither of us had seen a Grey Heron on the Avon recently, and R asked if I thought … Continued

3 Feb 2024

Irritable

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I decided to give myself a break from the owls today, or maybe to give them a break from me. Either way, I used some of the time to perform a little Domestic Goddesshood, making a batch of Seville orange … Continued

2 Feb 2024

Result

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

“Too windy for owls,” said one person after another this afternoon – all trying to convince ourselves that it wasn’t too windy for owls ackshully, and they would definitely come out sooner or later to do some hunting in the … Continued

30 Jan 2024

Dusky

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The Met Office promised late sunshine up on the Cotswold scarp, but it never materialised, and the light was pretty poor throughout the session. Several of the usual suspects were circling the owl field, including Sheol and Hillyblips, and it … Continued

29 Jan 2024

Spinster

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The binomial name of the Chaffinch is Fringilla coelebs. ‘Fringilla’ is the Latin word for finch, and ‘coelebs’ refers to the Latin word ‘caelebs’ (coel- and cael- being interchangable, according to my ancient Latin dictionary), which means unmarried. According to … Continued

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