Blackbird – Jill Orme Photography

7 Jan 2026

Splendid

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Today it was my turn to have to go to Stratford, for routine check-ups with my dentist and hygienist. To my genuine surprise, I passed both exams with flying colours – dedicated oral self-care having been pretty low on my … Continued

12 Mar 2025

Feathery

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R had to be in Stratford first thing this morning, and I went in later to join him for lunch. Best of the day’s birds was this female Blackbird in Holy Trinity churchyard, who landed so close to me that … Continued

10 Mar 2023

Major

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It’s a while since I last posted a photo of a great tit, which is a good enough reason for doing it again today, but also, this is R’s choice of the images I just showed him. My own favourite, … Continued

27 Feb 2023

Macabre

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Into Stratford this morning for a meeting with the rheumatologist, after which I had coffee and cake with R and then went in search of birds. Yesterday morning when we arrived with B at the children’s playground on the rec’, … Continued

19 Dec 2022

Possession

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

Busy, busy, busy. Yesterday R and I brainstormed a meal plan for the stretch through Christmas, and today we did the supermarket delivery order, and then trekked around Warwickshire and Worcestershire sourcing the things we either couldn’t or didn’t want … Continued

13 Feb 2022

Wet

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

According to the forecast, we’re going to be sitting under a rain band for at least the next three days. This put paid to my plan to photograph a spring crocus today, because they close up in the cold and … Continued

13 Feb 2021

Possessive

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

Possession, as we’ve all been told, is nine-tenths of the law, and this fieldfare demonstrated the principle perfectly today: arriving on the back lawn about half an hour after I scattered a bag of apples, it declared ownership of this … Continued

15 Jan 2021

Peckish

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

It’s not the best photo I’ve ever taken, but on the other hand I’ve taken worse, and not all of them through a grubby double-glazed window. And it works as a companion piece to the one I posted of the … Continued

11 Jan 2021

Messy

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

I’m a fairly messy eater myself, to be fair, so I’m not in too strong a position to criticise the state of her face – especially given that I have soap, and opposable thumbs, and she doesn’t. She’ll have been … Continued

24 Jan 2019

Surprise

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The ISO here is sky-high, but I haven’t done much to smooth it out because I don’t want the blackbird to look as though she’s been Botoxed. I was walking along the east side of Holy Trinity church in Stratford … Continued