Warwickshire – Page 24 – Jill Orme Photography

16 Jan 2024

Posture

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’ve posted variations on this image so many times before, I’m almost embarrassed to do it again. On the other hand, it’s a Robin, and you can never have too many Robins. Can you? My plans for today went awry … Continued

13 Jan 2024

Baby

by JDO | posted in: Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

Babies everywhere. This one is slightly less pink and squishy and rather more hairy than Grandson Two, whom R and I met over a Facetime call this morning, but is already walking and feeding itself very competently, and eating an … Continued

8 Jan 2024

Floof

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

There’s not much to say about today, really: it was cold, it was dark, and it tried briefly to snow while I was in Stratford, but lost interest after a couple of minutes and gave up. This little blue tit … Continued

6 Jan 2024

Peaceful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

A couple of the barges that moor in the Bancroft Basin in Stratford were moved further from the river during last week’s floods, and their new positions produced unusual reflections around some of today’s gulls. In some cases these were … Continued

5 Jan 2024

Tuneful

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I misread one of my bird alerts this morning, and thought that the wintering Black-throated and Great Northern Divers at Draycote Water had left Biggin Bay, where they’ve been hanging out for several weeks, and moved over towards the southern … Continued

3 Jan 2024

Bancroft Gardens

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire, Weather | 0

First thing after breakfast this morning I loaded the slow cooker with a huge batch of ragu, and then set off for Stratford with R to run some errands. Despite yesterday’s deluge, we were unprepared for the discovery that the … Continued

26 Dec 2023

Relaxed

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

At lunch time the Welsh section of the family set off on the next stage of their festive round-Britain progress. The rain of the past three days had finally eased – almost unbelievably, because over Christmas it had felt as … Continued

22 Dec 2023

Reservoir Sheep*

by JDO | posted in: Farm animals, Warwickshire | 0

Today R and I (together or variously): Received the final Ocado order before Christmas; Checked the master food plan; Made a new shopping list; Unpacked the fridge; Cleaned the fridge; Repacked the fridge; Took the new shopping list to Waitrose; … Continued

20 Dec 2023

Stealthy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After spending much of the morning planning meals and ordering Christmas food and drink I felt that I needed some bird therapy, so I headed for the nearest reliable birding site, which is Hillers at Dunnington. Usually reliable, that is. … Continued

18 Dec 2023

Lift

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Today was a pretty stressful day, for a succession of reasons with which I won’t bore you. Suffice it to say, I’m glad it’s nearly over. R and I went to Stratford at lunch time, for no better reason that … Continued

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