damselfly – Page 12 – Jill Orme Photography

26 Apr 2020

Damsel

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

If you build it, they will come. So there I was at lunch time today, sitting on an exercise mat down in the wild garden, trying for photos of the blue mason bees, when a small fluttering movement pulled my … 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

22 Jul 2019

Small

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

Someone told me recently that Croome is a good site for Small Red-eyed Damselflies, a species I’d never photographed, and I walked all the way round the estate today, carrying two cameras in sticky heat, looking for some and becoming … 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

6 Jul 2019

Emerald

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

As I’m still really not well I took a very slow run at the day, but around lunch time decided that as I was approximately vertical I might as well go out. Because fresh air. And photos. Trench Wood isn’t … 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

29 Jun 2019

Quickie

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

Goodness me – the state of your mind…. I had very little time for photography today, because it was concert day for Chipping Campden Festival Chorus, involving the final rehearsal with soloists, as well as the performance. Given that it … Continued

18 Jun 2019

Elegant

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

This is an immature male Blue-tailed Damselfly, keeping up his strength at Kemerton Lake Reserve today. He and his lunch were my best captures of the session – I saw just a handful of damsels, and only one distant dragon, … Continued

9 Jun 2019

Not again!

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

Is it raining again?? I can’t be sitting here all day – the kids are screaming the place down and I need to go and get them some lunch… R and I went to Croome this morning, where the dragons … Continued

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