Invertebrates – Page 136 – Jill Orme Photography

15 Jul 2019

Obelisk

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

I paid a visit to my dentist this morning, receiving a smiley face badge for having a nice set of wedding photos on my phone, but losing it again for poor attendance: ever since my canine tooth was excavated, internally … Continued

14 Jul 2019

Metal

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

I dithered and havered all morning about whether or not to go out – I didn’t really want to, but thought I’d get better photos if I did. Eventually I made up my mind, gathered gear, told R that I’d … Continued

13 Jul 2019

Low profile

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

There was an organised moth and butterfly walk at Trench Wood at 9am this morning, but as I’ve now retired from my long-running semi-professional pretence of being organised, I thought it best to wait till the participants had all had … Continued

12 Jul 2019

His Royal Purpleness

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

I was tired this morning, after all the gadding about and silversmithing(!), so I resisted the temptation to do a major road trip, and went back to Oversley Wood in search of butterflies. I arrived at 9am, meeting a chap … Continued

9 Jul 2019

Blue boy

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

For a month this spring I had several first-brood Holly Blue butterflies in the garden, generally zooming around our huge laurel tree, chasing each other, and courting. My last sighting of one of the females was in Mid-May, when her … Continued

8 Jul 2019

Shooting through

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

I’m not a big fan of messy images like this – it was intended purely as a record shot – but when I saw it on a big screen it made me smile, because it really caught the White Admiral’s … Continued

7 Jul 2019

Home to roost

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

R and I went to Cardiff today, to have lunch with L and G, and also with H and S, who happened to be staying with them for the weekend. We had a thoroughly good time – enhanced for me … Continued

6 Jul 2019

Emerald

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

As I’m still really not well I took a very slow run at the day, but around lunch time decided that as I was approximately vertical I might as well go out. Because fresh air. And photos. Trench Wood isn’t … Continued

5 Jul 2019

Hawking

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

Firstly, many thanks to everyone who was so nice about yesterday’s Scarce Chasers. I received some very entertaining comments, my favourite of which came from a Stratford friend, who saw the image on Twitter and captioned it “Brian, I can … Continued

4 Jul 2019

Misnomer

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

I went looking for evidence of Common Clubtails at Pershore this afternoon; it had been thought that they’d abandoned this stretch of the Avon, but a couple of weeks ago someone posted a photo of a fresh specimen that they’d … Continued

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