Birds – Page 64 – Jill Orme Photography

2 Dec 2019

Love starlings

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Today was my day for being deprived of a morning, my dignity, and much of the Offspring’s potential inheritance, at the dental practice in Coventry. On the plus side, I got gold stars for the state of my canine tooth, … Continued

30 Nov 2019

Beauty light

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It was a murkily misty morning, but the forecast said we could expect sunshine this afternoon, so we spent the morning being domestic goddesses – R vacuuming, and me de-scaling the kettle and the shower heads – and then felt … Continued

29 Nov 2019

Joyful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

And there was light. And I thought… I’d better take advantage of this, because it might be the last I see this year. So I went to Slimbridge. The male goldeneyes are fully dressed in their beautiful breeding plumage now, … Continued

28 Nov 2019

Sprightly

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Despite the ongoing misery of our weather, R and I decided that we had to get out of the trench today, even if it meant walking in the rain. Which it did. Stout shoes were needed for the south side … Continued

27 Nov 2019

Fluffy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

It was another dreich day, as we don’t say in Worcestershire. We do use words such as ‘dank’, ‘dreary’, ‘dismal’, and ‘dispiriting’ – along with some others that blipfoto would probably prefer me not to write here – but (hoping … Continued

25 Nov 2019

Attitude

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Hillers for lunch today, and though I only managed half an hour in the hide, it was quite a productive session. As well as a range of small birds visiting the bird table, I was … Continued

21 Nov 2019

One for joy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

One for sorrow, two for joy. Three for a girl, four for a boy. Five for silver, six for gold. Seven for a secret never to be told. Eight for a wish, nine for a kiss. Ten for a bird … Continued

20 Nov 2019

Ambitious

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This, it turned out, was an eyes-bigger-than-stomach situation – or at least, bigger-than-throat, because however much he juggled the snail to try to get it into the best position for swallowing, he wasn’t able to manage it, and in the … Continued

18 Nov 2019

Two thousand

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Landscape, Skies, Somerset | 0

When I began to think about what to do for my 2000th blip, it didn’t take me long to come up with the idea of a starling murmuration. Deciding on a site took longer, because murmurations are surprisingly unreliable: you’d … Continued

17 Nov 2019

Elusive

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

“Did you get it?” said the man sitting next to me in the hide. “I think so,” I replied – with no confidence whatsoever, because in the forty minutes I’d been sitting there the nuthatch had made perhaps ten lightning … Continued

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