Warwickshire – Jill Orme Photography

20 May 2026

Scarce

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

Well, I finally got my first Scarce Chaser of the year, but I had to go over the border into Warwickshire to find him. Interestingly, I’ve since seen a Facebook post written by the Warwickshire County Recorder, noting that the … Continued

15 May 2026

Lucky

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I were on our way home from Stratford at lunch time today, and were heading out of Long Marston towards Pebworth, when a smallish speckled bird flew across the road in front of the car. Raptor?? I thought, … Continued

26 Apr 2026

Sitting

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Compton Verney again today, to see the exhibition Troublemakers and Prophets, which included work by a number of artists, but centred around the textile artworks created by Elizabeth ‘Queen’ Allen. Allen was an extraordinary person, … Continued

25 Apr 2026

Banded distaff

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

I had to go to Waitrose in Stratford this afternoon, in search of some items that Ocado hadn’t managed to deliver, and I used the excuse of this trip to make another tour around my nearest Odonata sites. There was … Continued

22 Apr 2026

Not terribly Green Longhorn Moth

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

I’ve posted various longhorn beetles here previously: Wasp, Small Poplar Borer, and Lesser Thorn-tipped (several times), and once I even got a longhorn cow when I was aiming at some Cattle Egrets, but I don’t believe I’ve ever posted one … Continued

7 Apr 2026

Flighty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R had to go into Stratford this morning, and as I was feeling light and skittish after yesterday’s superhuman assault on the admin mountain I decided to go along too. While he was having blood tests done at the hospital, … Continued

29 Mar 2026

Aberrant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After a slow start to the day, because everyone was quite tired, we’d lost an hour due to the clock change, and H and I (for different reasons) were somewhat under the weather, we got ourselves together and went off … Continued

27 Mar 2026

Outrage

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This is exactly the look R gives me when I say – sure, the Beatles were fine, especially when they started out, but I’m not convinced they were the best band of all time, and frankly, if I never have … Continued

26 Mar 2026

Insulation

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Compton Verney today, to see the exhibition Bruegel to Rembrandt, which I enjoyed very much. We also had a decent salad lunch in the café, and then I left R catching up on emails and … Continued

22 Mar 2026

Tourist

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

For reasons I’ve never quite understood, it’s an accepted tradition for people from Birmingham to come down to Stratford for the day at weekends and on Bank Holidays. Maybe they just get tired of breathing the polluted air in the … Continued

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