Worcestershire – Page 27 – Jill Orme Photography

5 Mar 2025

Sallow

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

It was another sunny day, with the temperature reaching the mid-teens by the afternoon, but the garden remained virtually invertebrate-free. I even went for a walk along the lane, to see if there was an early fruit tree in flower … Continued

4 Mar 2025

Profile

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I began the day in Stratford, starting with routine blood tests at the hospital, then going to my dentist for a somewhat overdue check-up. Then I decided to head over to Kemerton Lake, to see if there was anything interesting … Continued

2 Mar 2025

Fierce

by JDO | posted in: Arachnids, Family life, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

“And though she be but little she is fierce.” William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1605) According to my Wild Guide to Britain’s Spiders, March is the beginning of the Zebra Spider season, so I was a bit surprised to … Continued

1 Mar 2025

Sleepover

by JDO | posted in: Beetles, Family life, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

The Boy Wonder has gone with his Daddy to Cadbury World today, and they’ll be staying the night in a local hotel, so L has brought the Baby Brother to stay with us, and the Leeds crew has driven down … Continued

27 Feb 2025

Possessive

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

R and I did some more quite heavy gardening this morning, working on a rather tragic old greengage tree in the secret garden, which was blown apart in last month’s storms and has been leaning on other structures or lying … Continued

25 Feb 2025

It begins

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

Today I resisted all temptation to go out birding, and did some garden tidying instead. Eeeeurgh. I was rewarded for my selflessness by finding the first three hoverflies of the year. Two of them – a female Episyrphus balteatus and … Continued

16 Feb 2025

Hopeful

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

I spent quite a bit of today making a large batch of chilli con carne in the slow cooker for freezing, and I expected to be posting a quick still life I threw together of some of the fruits and vegetables … Continued

10 Feb 2025

Diffuse

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

Over the past few years I’ve worked with both ring and twin flashes, but they’re difficult to diffuse and tend to produce harsh highlights and shadows, so late last year I made the decision to go back to a traditional … Continued

8 Feb 2025

Tasty

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

It was a pretty horrible day, weather-wise: dark, cold, windy, and somehow wet without ever properly raining. I thought about going for a walk, but… got no further than that. I could have given myself a shake and forced myself … Continued

26 Jan 2025

Grim

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

Today was the last day of this year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch – one of the biggest citizen science projects on the planet, allegedly – and even though it was an absolutely grim morning and I had a mood on … Continued

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