celandine – Jill Orme Photography

22 Mar 2024

Bee-fly day

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

The spring is sprung, The grass is ris’, I wonder where the bee-flies is…? Oh. There you are. About time too. Actually, this is exactly the same date as last year for my first sighting of a Dark-edged Bee-fly – … Continued

5 Mar 2024

Spotted

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

I spotted this hoverfly, which Falk calls a Spotted Meliscaeva and Obsidentify calls a Spotted Thintail, down in the wild garden, where I’d risked walking because nothing higher up the garden was letting me get a lens anywhere near it. … Continued

2 Jan 2024

Wrong

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

It rained – sometimes forcefully – from dawn till dusk today, apart from ten minutes in the early afternoon, when the downpour apparently lost concentration and allowed itself to fizzle out. I took advantage of the lull and scuttled outside … Continued

22 Feb 2022

Hoverfly season

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

I thought I had seriously messed up this morning. I had an early appointment for a haircut, and as the weather was fairly dour at home I decided not to take a camera with me. Imagine my chagrin then, when … Continued

2 Apr 2021

Comma

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

A neighbour told me a couple of days ago that she’d seen a Peacock butterfly in her garden, and then asked if it’s the Domino that’s red with white spots. I ran a mental list of butterfly liveries and common … Continued

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