Trees – Jill Orme Photography

17 May 2022

Downy Emerald

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

Time was when Lower Moor at Oaksey in Wiltshire was one of my my go-to summer places, because of the plethora of Odonata I could confidently expect it to provide. I didn’t visit during 2020 because of Covid, and then … Continued

1 May 2022

May Day

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

I forgot – for the 64th year running – to go out into the garden at dawn and bathe my face in dew, so it’s lucky I’m already so gorgeous, and don’t really need the help. On the other hand … Continued

23 Apr 2022

Zonkers

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

I was rummaging around the furthest section of the wild garden this morning when I spotted something on the end of a leaf of the red chestnut tree, and went to investigate. It was slightly above my eye line, so … Continued

20 Apr 2022

Speckled Wood

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

There are now four or five male Speckled Wood butterflies competing for possession of my garden, winding each other up, and having regular “fights” over the best basking spots. They’re quite annoying, to be honest, not least because they also … Continued

12 Apr 2022

Weeping

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

Well. I don’t remember ordering rain, just after the bug season had finally looked to be getting into its stride. To be fair, the garden did actually need it, but still… I wasn’t pleased. Honestly – anyone would think it … Continued

11 Apr 2022

Masonic

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

I recorded three season firsts today, and I’m posting photos of two of them this evening. The main image, featured at least partly because he was the hardest subject of the day to capture on camera, is a male red … Continued

8 Apr 2022

Elevenses

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

Today was a day of two halves. This morning was warm and bright, with very little wind, and there were so many invertebrates flying that when I went out walking with the camera that I hardly knew where to point … Continued

6 Apr 2022

Macro madness

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

For most of today the wind was blowing in the upper teens of miles per hour, gusting to the mid-thirties, and was driving waves of mixed but largely unenticing weather. These were not ideal conditions for outdoor macro photography, obviously, … Continued

1 Apr 2022

Furry

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

We kept the Arctic airflow today, though there were times when the sun emerged and the temperature crawled up to the middle single digits. Surprisingly, there were some solitary bee emergences in the garden, though the poor creatures must wonder … Continued

30 Mar 2022

Dark

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

The girls are back in town. When I first went out with the camera this morning it was still heavily overcast and bitterly cold, and apart from a couple of ladybirds the only invertebrates I could find were female bees: … Continued

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