30 days wild – Page 9 – Jill Orme Photography

2 Jun 2023

Drama

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

I risked a trip to Croome this afternoon, in search of dragons. Last year the lake was almost devoid of Odonata, a situation I blamed (vocally) on excessive clearance of the emergent vegetation on which so many species depend, and … Continued

1 Jun 2023

Magnet

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, Wales | 0

While R was pushing a napping grandchild around the park this afternoon, I went on an invertebrate hunt. The spring bedding has been dug up and all the flower beds are standing empty, waiting for the summer planting scheme to … Continued

30 Jun 2022

Shaggy

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

On the last day of the #30dayswild month of June, I was pleased to run across my fifty first hoverfly species of the year, on bankside vegetation by the canal at Forest Farm. There are thirty eight Cheilosia species on … Continued

29 Jun 2022

Attraction

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

It was a fairly dreary day, in more ways than one, though I did manage to get a few festering tasks off my books, so I suppose I should be glad about that at least. When I checked the garden … Continued

28 Jun 2022

Vestal

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Warwickshire, Worcestershire | 0

R and I had some errands to run in Stratford, and I took a walk along the river bank, checking for inverts, before going into town. Numbers were pretty disappointing, I have to say, though it was fairly windy, and … Continued

27 Jun 2022

Immigrant

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

Day five back from holiday. Now so desperate for a lie-in that even though I was supposed to be in Worcester early doors, my body refused to listen to my brain, and simply declined to wake up. By the time … Continued

26 Jun 2022

Chapeau

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Day four back from holiday. Still desperate for a lie-in, but Baby B’s ten hours of peaceful, unbroken sleep lasted from 7.30pm yesterday to – well, you do the maths. Perhaps I should have done it too, in advance, instead … Continued

25 Jun 2022

Bronze

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, Wales | 0

Day three back from holiday. Desperate for a lie-in – but no. Off to Cardiff (again) early doors, to take charge of the Boy Wonder and give his parents a twenty four hour break. Not that they don’t worship the … Continued

24 Jun 2022

Fork-tailed flower bee

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

Day two back from holiday. Desperate for a lie-in – but no. Off to Worcester early doors, to drop the MX-5 in for service and MOT. When the receptionist ran me through the baseline estimate, realised that I was likely … Continued

22 Jun 2022

Variable

by JDO | posted in: Cambridgeshire, Damselflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata | 0

R and I set off for home this morning (though pledging to return to Suffolk, with which we’ve both fallen rather in love), breaking the journey at Paxton Pits in Cambridgeshire so that I could spend a couple of hours … Continued

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