Calopteryx splendens – Page 5 – Jill Orme Photography

16 Jun 2021

Watchful

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

R went off to the Frozen North today, to visit his aunt and her husband, but I was very tired after all the hoorah of the past few days, so I stayed home and tried to dig away part of … Continued

10 Jun 2021

Greenery

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

Our normal Thursday trip to Cardiff was cancelled today, partly because R and I are now sad old people who can’t go out and about enjoying ourselves for more than a few hours together without needing a week lying down … Continued

16 Jul 2020

Croome

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

This morning, four months to the day since we were last there, R and I went to Croome. I had mixed feelings about the trip, if I’m honest: on the one hand, this is one of our special places, we’ve … Continued

1 Jun 2020

Green and gold

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

That is, a green female Banded Demoiselle in my main image here, and a gold (and green) female Beautiful Demoiselle in the extras. If you view them both full-screen and flick between them, you’ll easily see the difference. Surprisingly, this … Continued

19 May 2020

Showing off

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

After a fairly torrid morning, the details of which I’ll spare you, I decided to take a walk along the River Avon at Eckington, to see what might be about. The only dragon I saw was a very fresh Scarce … Continued

28 Aug 2019

Battered

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

I could have done a rinse and repeat post, after spending an hour photographing dragons flying around the reed beds by Lucy’s Mill Bridge in Stratford (and getting wet in the process, again). But this elderly and worn Banded Demoiselle … Continued

17 Jul 2019

Bendy Demoiselle

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

Yes, I know: it’s another Banded Demoiselle. But I only kept five photos from today, and three of them were of this handsome young chap. And pretty soon they’ll be gone, and then you’ll have months of me photographing my … Continued

14 Jul 2019

Metal

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

I dithered and havered all morning about whether or not to go out – I didn’t really want to, but thought I’d get better photos if I did. Eventually I made up my mind, gathered gear, told R that I’d … Continued

2 Jul 2019

Cryptic

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

Describing Calopteryx virgo, the other British species of demoiselle, Brooks and Cham say, “Although the metallic green females are spectacular in the hand, they are very cryptic against bankside vegetation.” That’s not a use of the word cryptic I’d ever … Continued

31 May 2019

Back to the real world

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

We checked out of Cwrt St Thomas this morning, setting off in heavy drizzle; but as we drove eastwards the weather improved, and by the time we arrived home it was a warm, sunny day. This very definitely didn’t match … Continued

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