Worcestershire – Page 15 – Jill Orme Photography

25 Aug 2025

Woodland

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

I wanted to go to Farmoor this morning after a Little Stint, which has been showing well there for a couple of days now, but after checking the journey time on the mapping app on my phone, I reluctantly accepted … Continued

21 Aug 2025

Tick

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

Over the years I’ve been doing this I’ve discovered some really interesting creatures living on our land, but this is definitely the best garden tick of 2025. After spending far too much of the morning photographing the Hummingbird Hawkmoths flying … Continued

20 Aug 2025

Wild Wednesday

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Er… excuse me? I know you’re probably keen to pick the surplus bits of dead pigeon out from between your toes – but would you mind not sitting on my car while you’re doing it? You keep sliding around on … Continued

17 Aug 2025

Moth madness

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, Moths, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

All the gadding about of the past couple of weeks caught up with me today and caused a bit of a joint flare, so I awarded myself an easy morning and just pottered about. I was sitting under the sun … Continued

15 Aug 2025

Hot

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

This morning R and I felt the need to walk off a slight surfeit of cake. The bottle of fizz we drank last night, while puzzling out the answers to a kind of This Is Your Life crossword that L … Continued

14 Aug 2025

Cake

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, Moths, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The Boy Wonder and his mother visited today, to bring R his birthday presents from their household. At the moment L’s car pulled into the yard I was tracking a Hummingbird Hawkmoth around the red valerian growing along the patio … Continued

13 Aug 2025

Watchful

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

Today was R’s Big Birthday, and after he’d opened his cards and presents from the family we spent a happy day together. We had lunch at Loxleys in Stratford, and decided to share a Chateaubriand – for the admittedly not … Continued

12 Aug 2025

Takeover

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

Another day, another d… wait – what? You wait three years from the first appearance of a new damselfly in the county for it to turn up in your neck of the woods, and then find it at two different … Continued

10 Aug 2025

Willowy

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

I spent the morning and early afternoon trying to catch up on domestic tasks, and feeling as if I was running to stand still. Then, after we’d had a simple meal from the freezer, I went off around the village … Continued

1 Aug 2025

Juve

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

After yesterday’s Custard Yellow Clouded Yellow excitement I had a quiet day today, trying to catch up on admin. I’m off on my travels again tomorrow, and I’m always more relaxed about that if my desk isn’t piled high with … Continued

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