Warwickshire – Page 63 – Jill Orme Photography

9 Nov 2018

Friday squirrel

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

R has chosen today’s photo. Perhaps I bigged up the amount of effort it cost me to get this shot, dodging around the tree trying to keep the squirrel in view and get focus, as as it tried to get … Continued

7 Nov 2018

Mercurial

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I had several potential plans for today, all dependent on how the weather was looking in various places; but when I got up this morning it was pouring down, and the Met Office forecast told me that there was between … Continued

26 Oct 2018

Scarred

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

Almost the entire herd of fallow deer were hanging out in groups in the West Park at Charlecote today, but there were just a couple of solitary bucks in the Front Park, lying very quietly, this one under some trees … Continued

23 Oct 2018

Pert

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

‘Pert’ is not generally a term of admiration in my vicinity; in particular, I have a (possibly unreasonable) distaste for a certain type of small, usually blonde, vacuously pretty actress who seems to get a quantity of work that’s out … Continued

22 Oct 2018

Baited

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

I spent a pretty torrid couple of hours at Trench Wood this afternoon, trudging around looking for something appealing – and yes, I’m aware that my idea of appealing and yours may not coincide, but we can’t have everything. The … Continued

18 Oct 2018

Alone

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

I spent much of the morning enduring a second round of dental treatment on my canine tooth (the good news being that the endodontal surgeon is very happy that all the infection has been cleaned out, and has now filled … Continued

17 Oct 2018

Another day, another duck

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I have ducks diving, ducks surfacing, ducks rolling snails around their mouths and then apparently swallowing them whole, and ducks rolling snails around their mouths before eventually giving up and spitting them out again, because they’re just too big to … Continued

13 Oct 2018

Chirpy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The young male tufted ducks that appeared on the Avon a few days ago are maturing fast: every time I see them their pale flank patches (which I always think of as bumpers) are getting whiter, and their crests are … Continued

11 Oct 2018

Jacob

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

I went to Charlecote this morning to see if the rut had started; it hasn’t, but I think it will kick off quite soon. Some of the older, bull-necked bucks were stamping around, shouting and threatening the does, who were … Continued

9 Oct 2018

Ruffled

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Today was Day 1 of Operation Attempt To Save JDO’s Canine Tooth; it involved large amounts of drilling and digging around, and I’m now as sore as. Poor me. However. As I was still reasonably anaesthetised when I left the … Continued

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