Warwickshire – Page 23 – Jill Orme Photography

9 Feb 2024

Charming

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

All the way home from Wales yesterday it teemed with rain, making the journey more than usually tiring for R, who was driving. The downpour continued through the evening, and by the time we went to bed the village was … Continued

7 Feb 2024

Close quarters

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The weather improved slightly today, inasmuch as the wind dropped and the cloud cover thinned, and I fully expected to be making an afternoon trip to the owl field, but the closer I got to my usual departure time, the … Continued

5 Feb 2024

Siskin

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It was another dour day, the fierce wind making no obvious impression on the thick, lowering cloud, and my mood matched the weather pretty closely. I spent the morning at my desk, thrashing through boring computer tasks, but by lunchtime … Continued

4 Feb 2024

Heronry

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As we walked along the south bank of the river in Stratford yesterday R and I were commenting on the fact that neither of us had seen a Grey Heron on the Avon recently, and R asked if I thought … Continued

3 Feb 2024

Irritable

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I decided to give myself a break from the owls today, or maybe to give them a break from me. Either way, I used some of the time to perform a little Domestic Goddesshood, making a batch of Seville orange … Continued

29 Jan 2024

Spinster

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The binomial name of the Chaffinch is Fringilla coelebs. ‘Fringilla’ is the Latin word for finch, and ‘coelebs’ refers to the Latin word ‘caelebs’ (coel- and cael- being interchangable, according to my ancient Latin dictionary), which means unmarried. According to … Continued

22 Jan 2024

Alphas

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

We were happy to get up this morning and find that Storm Isha had passed on during the night without doing any obvious damage in our village, and I hope that all blipfriends have come through it equally unscathed. Some … Continued

21 Jan 2024

Sparkly

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With Storm Isha approaching, I’d expected that we would have to batten down the hatches and stay safely at home all day, but late this morning the sun suddenly emerged, and the urge to be out and about in it … Continued

20 Jan 2024

Pomp

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I was driving into Stratford this morning, en route to meeting up with R for lunch, when he phoned to let me know that there were several Tufted Ducks on the river off the Bancroft Gardens. When I parked and … Continued

17 Jan 2024

Seventy seven

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had to take an early trip to Stratford today to have my regular blood tests done, and collect a prescription. Emerging from the hospital to a hint that the heavy cloud of daybreak might now be thinking of lifting, … Continued

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