Butterflies – Jill Orme Photography

25 Aug 2023

Speckled Wood

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

After breakfast this morning we piled gear and ourselves into the car and drove over to Wales, to deliver the Boy Wonder back to his father at Tredegar House. Half way down the motorway, the Boy demanded a song. “What … Continued

21 Aug 2023

Copper

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Oxfordshire | 0

I drove over to Oxfordshire this morning, to look for Silver-spotted Skippers and Adonis Blues on Watlington Hill. I found some Skippers, along with a few Small Heath and a gazillion Brown Argus and Common Blues, but no Adonis. Back … Continued

19 Aug 2023

Hanging about

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

This isn’t my best photo of the day – that would be one of the shots I took of a very obliging young male Common Darter. And it isn’t my best find of the day either – that would be … Continued

11 Aug 2023

Verdant

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

I put my back out overnight, which wasn’t the brightest idea I’ve had all week. A session on the shakti mat and some judicious stretching eventually got me moving, but by this point it was late morning, and hot, and … Continued

26 Jul 2023

Unexpected

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

“Unexpected Hairstreak in the leafhopper area…” I was on my way to Grafton Wood this morning, for another attempt on the Emerald Damselflies, when I suddenly realised that I couldn’t quite be bothered to walk across four fields and a … Continued

22 Jul 2023

Wet play

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Warwickshire | 0

All our hopes for a long, leisurely family day in the garden were stymied by the beastly weather, so we had to adapt. After lunch at BTP in Stratford, H went off to do some work, while the rest of … Continued

21 Jul 2023

Passive

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

R and I had a hectic morning, making final preparations for the family weekend. The Welsh contingent arrived mid-afternoon, but H was delayed in horrible traffic on the M1 and only made it down just in time for dinner. As … Continued

18 Jul 2023

A flutter of Admirals

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Stratford this morning to run errands and eat cake, and I offset the cake a little by taking a rapid walk down to Weir Brake lock in search of dragons. I didn’t find any, probably … Continued

11 Jul 2023

Relief

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

Photographing small, mobile subjects in poor light and strong, gusty wind really is a fool’s errand: I took around three hundred photos today, and I’ve kept nine of them. By early afternoon I hadn’t produced a single image I actually … Continued

7 Jul 2023

Glowing

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I didn’t actually need to leave the homestead today to photograph something interesting: a morning walk around the garden had netted me a few nice invertebrates, including two female Common Darters. But I had to go to Evesham anyway, to … Continued

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