My garden – Page 68 – Jill Orme Photography

9 Jul 2021

Armoured

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

To Trench Wood this afternoon, in search of something interesting, but apart from the first Common Darter of the season (which took strong exception to being stalked), I only found the usual suspects. While hunting fruitlessly for Emerald Damselflies I … Continued

7 Jul 2021

Revealed

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

A steady stream of Large Red Damselflies, plus a few Azures and Blue-tails, are still emerging from our patio pond. In the case of the Large Reds this ongoing emergence is now somewhat out of its normal season: this is … Continued

6 Jul 2021

Small

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Flowers and plants, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

My bug hunts today yielded two especially nice finds, either of which I’d have been very happy to blip. After the usual bout of indecision this evening, I’ve finally decided to post both of them. This is a pristine male … Continued

4 Jul 2021

Sunday Marmalade

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I don’t generally start the day with sugar, but I thought What the heck – it is Sunday, after all, so I had toast and home-made Seville orange marmalade for breakfast. It is, of course, entirely coincidental that when I … Continued

3 Jul 2021

Almost…

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

There seems to be a theme developing in our house on a Saturday: there I was, mid-morning, still in my nightshirt (again), doing something unmemorable at my desk (again), when R stuck his head round my study door and said … Continued

2 Jul 2021

Summery

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

I had to go to Stratford this morning to have blood tests done and collect a prescription, and afterwards I parked the car in Old Town and walked down to the river to see what was going on, Odonata-wise. The … Continued

1 Jul 2021

Frit

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

I went off to Trench Wood this afternoon in search of Emerald Damselflies and Common Darters, neither of which I found, but luckily there were plenty of other things out and about to keep me interested. The most spectacular was … Continued

29 Jun 2021

Noble

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

This is a thick-legged flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis), though being a female and keeping herself in trim she doesn’t have the thunder thighs that readily identify males of the species, and give it its common name. She’s also a more … Continued

27 Jun 2021

Calm

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

One of the things that cheered me up during the first lockdown last year was the fact that the warm spring and early summer brought a large number of butterflies to our garden, some of which I’d never seen here … Continued

26 Jun 2021

Perfect

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

R and I were in the garden, where we’d recently finished pruning back a huge and unruly viburnum. I was sitting on one of the benches, drinking a mug of tea, and he was in the secret garden, beginning to … Continued

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