Cleeve Prior – Jill Orme Photography

22 Sep 2025

Tandem

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

R and I both had eye tests this morning, which got us out to Stratford early, and after we’d finished at the optician’s and then had coffee, there was still time within our parking slot for a quick river walk. … Continued

12 Aug 2025

Takeover

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

Another day, another d… wait – what? You wait three years from the first appearance of a new damselfly in the county for it to turn up in your neck of the woods, and then find it at two different … Continued

30 Jul 2025

Headstand

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

I was on my way to Trench Wood this afternoon, but en route I thought I’d stop in at the two Odonata sites I’m monitoring at Cleeve Prior, to see if there was anything going on there. The Community Orchard … Continued

28 Jul 2025

Supervision

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

This afternoon I spent ten minutes watching in fascination as a female Banded Demoiselle laid her eggs in the floating and submerged vegetation close to one of the fishing pegs at Cleeve Prior Mill. I knew from reading my Brooks … Continued

18 Jul 2025

His Maj

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

I lost an hour of my life this morning, trying and failing to upload some Odonata sightings to iRecord. The site has always been buggy – not really surprisingly, because as an academic project with no commercial spinoff value, I’d … Continued

17 Jul 2025

Bent

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

I seem to have managed to pick up some kind of virus – I know not from where, because the Boy Wonder seemed entirely healthy at the weekend, and I hardly ever speak to anyone else unless they happen to … Continued

1 Jul 2025

Emerald

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

The temperature went down a few degrees overnight, and I decided it might be cool enough for a walk around Croome. It was still a fairly sticky experience, I have to say, but I managed to circuit half the watercourse, … Continued

20 Jun 2025

Nervous

by JDO | posted in: Reptiles, Worcestershire | 0

It wasn’t me that was nervous, I should stress – I’m no reptile expert, but I recognised this as a Grass Snake, and even if I hadn’t, I was standing on a wooden platform at least a foot above the … Continued

8 Jun 2025

Patchwork

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

I spotted this fresh bee on the bramble growing at the edge of the Orchard Ponds in the Cleeve Prior Community Orchard, where I’d gone on a fruitless search for dragonflies, and recognised it as a male leafcutter. I couldn’t … Continued

4 Jun 2025

Shooting through

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

Marbled Whites have been out at Cleeve Prior Community Orchard for a few days now, but today was the first time I managed to get one on camera. As with many fresh male insects they’re engaged on a near-frantic hunt … Continued

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