Wild animals – Page 6 – Jill Orme Photography

14 Oct 2020

Warming up

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

You can probably imagine how pleased I was to find this Migrant Hawker this morning, warming up and drying out on the ‘basking fence’ at Charlecote. If you look at the image full-screen, you should be able to make out … Continued

9 Oct 2020

Worn out

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

The observant among you will have spotted this this is a big old fallow buck, and concluded that I didn’t take the photo in my garden. R, whose phone number I’d inadvertently given to the Covid testing people (seriously, don’t … Continued

5 Oct 2020

Nick

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Sorry…? Seed……? I’m not sure what… oh! That! Yes, sorry! Didn’t know what we were talking about there for a minute! No. Not me. No, no, no. Definitely not. Ummmm….. I just came over in case you might be having … Continued

10 Sep 2020

Lurking

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

R and I went to Charlecote this morning, for a brisk walk and a coffee. A volunteer on the gate warned us to stick to the paths because, she said, the deer were already edgy – “it being that time … Continued

27 Aug 2020

Headgear

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

The walk that R and I chose at Charlecote this morning took us close to the fallow bucks, and gave us an excellent view of the different stages of growth of their headgear. All the younger ones have clean antlers … Continued

7 Aug 2020

Making a splash

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

AOG Day 7 Your dedicated reporter has spent much of this week covering a piscine crisis which threatened to completely destroy a key venue of this year’s Alternative Olympic Games, but is happy to report that following the placement of … Continued

30 Jun 2020

Wild

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Warwickshire, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

I thought it would be nice to finish June with some bug porn. Actually, as you may have noticed, I’ll happily post bug porn any day of the year, but this is the month of #30dayswild, and a pair of … Continued

10 Jun 2020

Squizzer

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Asked the question, “what is a young squirrel called?”, the interwebs provided a variety of largely unhelpful answers: 1. A pup. Seems unlikely. 2. A kit. Hmmm. 3. A squirrel. Sigh. 4. It’s not called anything, because squirrels don’t live … Continued

6 May 2020

Wild Wednesday

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, My garden, Odonata, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

It’s been a day of great excitement here in the Shire – well, in our little corner of this valley, anyway. I’m posting three extras this evening, two of which are photos taken by the trail cam early this morning. … Continued

14 Feb 2020

Ginger

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

This little muntjac is so fluffy that I think that it must still be quite young – we quite regularly see adults in our garden, and even in winter they have much sleeker coats than this. It was very nervous, … Continued

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