Eckington – Jill Orme Photography

24 May 2022

Sapphire

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

“Do you think I’m beautiful? “No, I think you’re Banded.” “But…” “Banded.” My plan for the day had been a big Odonata road trip, but the weather this morning put paid to that. By lunch time it looked as though … Continued

30 May 2020

Scarce

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

Not the dragon: I easily found half a dozen, once I’d spotted the first tell-tale flash of powder blue, and got my eye in. Parking spaces at Eckington Bridge, on the other hand, were as rare as hen’s teeth 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

4 Jul 2019

Misnomer

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

I went looking for evidence of Common Clubtails at Pershore this afternoon; it had been thought that they’d abandoned this stretch of the Avon, but a couple of weeks ago someone posted a photo of a fresh specimen that they’d … Continued

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