Ardea cinerea – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

20 Oct 2021

Patience

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The forecast had promised a wet and horrible day, but the weather had other ideas and threw all its worst stuff at us overnight, so although it was still very windy today, it was also warm and sunny. I even … Continued

2 Aug 2021

Juve

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Wales | 0

“How can you bear not to post your Welsh dragon?” said R, when I told him that this was today’s photo. I did, it’s true, get a Welsh dragon, and he was even the right colour, being a Common Darter, … Continued

21 Jul 2021

Shocked

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

First thing this morning R and I decided to go over to Croome, with a view to taking some exercise before it got too hot. When we arrived at the lake R left me stalking Odonata and went off on … Continued

15 Jul 2021

Moody

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Flies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

“I can’t post that one,” I said. “People will think I’ve gone mad!” “I like it,” said R. “It’s…. moody.” It was a dark and murky morning, but after lunch the light started to lift, and in the middle of … Continued

26 Apr 2021

Calculation

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

H and S set off northwards this morning, and R and I found ourselves feeling a little sad and deflated after the excitement of the weekend, so we went off to Stratford for a walk along the river and a … Continued

19 Apr 2021

Grounded

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

R and I went for a walk at Charlecote this morning, where the weather was glorious. The fallow bucks are shedding their antlers, and the does (many of them pregnant) are gathering in bigger groups than I’ve ever seen before. … Continued

24 Feb 2021

Desultory

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

You can see from their posture that they weren’t really putting much effort into this – there was certainly no animosity involved, and frankly I think they were doing it more out boredom than anything else. No-one else in the … Continued

9 Feb 2021

Little egret

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I almost got divorced at 7.45am today, when he wakened me from deep sleep to remind me that we had tickets for an early walk at Charlecote. It would be fair to say that I was not enthusiastic. … Continued

21 Jan 2021

Rim lighting

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

Despite the current lockdown, quite a few National Trust and English Heritage properties are still open for local people to use for exercise, including NT Croome. R and I had tickets for a walk there this morning, but when we … Continued

4 Dec 2020

Poised

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The body’s a funny old thing, isn’t it? This morning I was crawling round the house, shivering, head aching, throat sore, skin crawling. And whinging, of course, as you’d probably expect. And then by this afternoon, I wasn’t. It seemed … Continued

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