Odonata – Page 24 – Jill Orme Photography

17 Sep 2022

B-Day

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

R and I met the Family B at Croome this morning, to effect a transfer of the Boy Wonder, who’s staying with his Ageds overnight again. Having a much shorter and more predictable journey than the Welsh contingent we arrived … Continued

5 Sep 2022

Hawking

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

After a very useful and constructive meeting with my rheumatology consultant this morning, I met up with R for a celebratory coffee and cake at Boston Tea Party, before yomping along the river in search of autumn dragons. I pretended … Continued

27 Aug 2022

Tolerant

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

Every year I try to make myself love Grafton Wood, but I’ve never managed it yet. It’s a flagship reserve for the local branch of Butterfly Conservation, having breeding populations of both Purple and Brown Hairstreaks, along with Wood White, … Continued

26 Aug 2022

Friday hawker

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

R had an errand to run in Stratford today, so I tagged along and got some river time in while he was busy. I managed a few fairly good flight shots of both Brown and Migrant Hawkers, but this is … Continued

25 Aug 2022

Target

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

Sometimes you only get one shot at your target species, and sometimes that’s enough. I was on a mission and on a schedule as I yomped along the towpath at Forest Farm this afternoon – trying to get down to … Continued

21 Aug 2022

Impassive

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

It was too dark and blowy for macro this afternoon, but I was attempting it anyway, poking around in the hedge woundwort behind the garden bench for shieldbugs, but not finding any that looked especially good on camera. I stood … Continued

20 Aug 2022

Ruddy Darter

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

R and I went to Croome this morning, where we had a nice walk, and decent coffee and cake, but where the dragons were few and far between and I mostly managed to photograph even those quite poorly. Some days … Continued

19 Aug 2022

Migrant Hawker

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

I broke the 100-400 zoom back out of storage today, and went off to Stratford to see if I could get some flight shots of Migrant Hawkers. The sunshine came and went, and so did the hawkers – I know … Continued

12 Aug 2022

Breeding residents

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

Mad dogs, and Englishwomen with an Odonata obsession, and the tolerant husbands of said Englishwomen who suspect that they need someone to lug their photographic gear, go out in the midday sun. R and I managed to catch up on … Continued

9 Aug 2022

Drop-in

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

Right place, right time. We now seem to have lost all the female Common Darters we had here last week, but today the small pond received a visit from this mature male, and I happened to walk up the garden … Continued