Warwickshire – Page 13 – Jill Orme Photography

Banded bonding

23 Jun 2025

Banded bonding

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

R and I are road tripping for the next couple of days, but soon after setting off we had to break our journey in Stratford, where he had a hospital appointment. I used that time to go down to Lucy’s … Continued

Lining up

7 Jun 2025

Lining up

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

“That’s a big camera,” said R, as he approached me along the river bank in Stratford. “What are you photographing?” It was a bold move, I have to say. I’d imagine you can do someone quite a lot of damage, … Continued

Smug

26 Mar 2025

Smug

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I felt anything but smug when I woke up this morning (later than usual, after yesterday’s route march around Farmoor), opened the curtains and found that the lane was full of National Grid vehicles. We’d been warned twice, first by … Continued

Ducking out

17 Mar 2025

Ducking out

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

By coincidence, I had two unconnected appointments at Stratford Hospital today – routine blood tests at 11am, and an eye clinic consultation, for which R would need to drive me, at 2pm. Rather than us making two separate car journeys, … Continued

Feathery

12 Mar 2025

Feathery

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R had to be in Stratford first thing this morning, and I went in later to join him for lunch. Best of the day’s birds was this female Blackbird in Holy Trinity churchyard, who landed so close to me that … Continued

Splashy

3 Mar 2025

Splashy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Stratford for lunch today, in belated celebration of the fact that Saturday marked the 39th anniversary of our first official ‘date’. In truth, having all the family over at various points in the weekend was … Continued

Full-body commitment

26 Feb 2025

Full-body commitment

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Having overdone the gardening yesterday (eeeurgh), I awarded myself an easy day today. I also wasn’t feeling the love for standing up on the Cotswold scarp waiting for the owls to perform, so I wound up going into Stratford with … Continued

Surprise

21 Feb 2025

Surprise

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The Boy Wonder is coming to stay tomorrow, and because it’s recently occurred to me that many of the toys we have here for him aren’t age-appropriate any longer, and it’s forecast to be a stormy weekend, I went on … Continued

Dirty duck

20 Feb 2025

Dirty duck

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’m not sure how I managed to justify a trip to Stratford with R today, given that I had enough stuff piled in my in-tray to keep me at my desk for a week, but anyway, it happened. We walked … Continued

Brave

12 Feb 2025

Brave

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After lunch with R in Stratford I went for a walk along the north side of the river, which ended in Holy Trinity churchyard. There was a lot of bird activity going on, and in the half hour I had … Continued