30 days wild – Page 15 – Jill Orme Photography

26 Jun 2019

Bonding

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Yorkshire | 0

“The function of gannet social life is to allow the fierce to love.” Adam Nicolson, The Seabird’s Cry A gannet’s bill is a fearsome weapon – sparring males competing for nest sites can inflict terrible wounds on each other, and … Continued

25 Jun 2019

Bempton Cliffs

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Yorkshire | 0

When I decided on Sunday to come up to Yorkshire, the weather forecast for today was reasonably good, but over the course of yesterday it deteriorated, and when I got up this morning it was pouring with rain. Worse, there … Continued

24 Jun 2019

Crimson

by JDO | posted in: Cambridgeshire, Invertebrates, Moths | 0

It was a steamy 27 degrees at Paxton Pits in Cambridgeshire this afternoon, and I was carrying a lot of gear. When I spotted this Cinnabar moth, resting on a nettle leaf above a stream, in the shade of some … Continued

22 Jun 2019

Black-tailed Skimmers

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

R and I went to Croome this morning, where it felt as though the dragon season was finally getting under way. R came down to the lake with me to act as spotter, but after a few minutes decided that … Continued

21 Jun 2019

Large Skipper

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

I went to one of my happy places this morning – realising, to my surprise, that it was my first visit to Trench Wood in many months. The weather was lovely, the plant life was lush, and the place was … Continued

20 Jun 2019

Ruddy

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

Another miserable morning in the trench we call home encouraged me to get out and about – though the weather forecast wasn’t much better for most of the places I contemplated visiting. One of the exceptions was the Wiltshire end … Continued

18 Jun 2019

Elegant

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

This is an immature male Blue-tailed Damselfly, keeping up his strength at Kemerton Lake Reserve today. He and his lunch were my best captures of the session – I saw just a handful of damsels, and only one distant dragon, … Continued

17 Jun 2019

Hi-vis

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Warwickshire | 0

I had a fairly long, though probably useful, session at the hospital in Stratford this morning, after I ‘fessed up to the rheumatologist that I’ve not been especially well for the last few months, and he responded by sending me … Continued

15 Jun 2019

Humming

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

How lucky was I? After being kept inside all morning by bad weather, I finally made it out into the front garden at about 2pm, and as I took my first photo of a hoverfly, something zipped past in my … Continued

9 Jun 2019

Not again!

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

Is it raining again?? I can’t be sitting here all day – the kids are screaming the place down and I need to go and get them some lunch… R and I went to Croome this morning, where the dragons … Continued