Odonata – Page 45 – Jill Orme Photography

21 May 2019

Downy Emerald

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

From dragon despondency to dragon delight in less than a week: my second trip of the season to Lower Moor Farm in the Cotswold Water Park this morning provided me with a fly-by sighting of a Hairy Dragonfly, and – … Continued

20 May 2019

Resplendent

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

From the sublime to the cor blimey: yesterday Chartley Moss, today Coventry, where I had to go for some very minor maintenance on the car. On the plus side, being in Coventry gave me the perfect excuse for visiting Brandon … Continued

19 May 2019

White-faced Darter

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

I had a really fascinating morning today, visiting Chartley Moss in Staffordshire. Chartley Moss is a floating peat bog, or Schwingmoor, which is a rare enough thing in itself – but it’s one of only three known in the entire … Continued

16 May 2019

Emergence

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

I had to go to Stow-on-the-Wold this afternoon for a haircut and, despite life continually tripping me up this morning, I managed to get out of the house early enough to swing round via the Cotswold Water Park first, in … Continued

15 May 2019

It begins

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

“Did you get him?” enquired the Croome steward, of the woman lugging two cameras across the Chinese Bridge. “Ummmm…. the otter, do you mean…?” “Yes!” he said, in that tone of voice that means What else would I be talking … Continued

21 Oct 2018

Zorsted

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

I didn’t realise how much yesterday’s march had taken out of me until I got up this morning and discovered that I was sore in places I’d forgotten I even owned. I’m not trying to make myself out to be … Continued

29 Sep 2018

Zorro

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

The Black Darter is Britain’s smallest dragonfly, at an overall length of around 3.5 cm. It’s a species of moors and heaths, where it breeds in acidic pools and the shallow water at the margins of lakes, and it flies … Continued

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