feeder – Jill Orme Photography

13 Mar 2022

Sunday brunch

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

Walking into the kitchen half way through the morning, I was pulled up short by the sight of this great spotted woodpecker brunching on peanuts. We have two peanut feeders, but the woodpeckers will only use this one, which is … Continued

23 Feb 2022

Windswept

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

After doing a couple of bits of cutting back in the garden this morning, I fetched the camera and sat on a garden chair in a (reasonably) sheltered corner, waiting to see if the birds would accept my presence and … Continued

29 Dec 2021

Mr Tumnus

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

After a dreary, dark morning, the light improved slightly at around 2pm, and I thought it might be worth nipping up to Dunnington to spend half an hour in Hillers’ hide. It turned out that I was right – the … Continued

3 Mar 2021

Charming

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I spent most of the day trying and failing to choose a carbon fibre tripod. In the end I gave up and started banging my head on the desk, because it was marginally more pleasurable and productive. Later I told … Continued

14 Feb 2021

Valentine’s Day

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

In the spirit of the day, I made a poem: The great spotted woodpecker’s lower belly is red, Its cap is very dark blue if looked at in a certain light (though generally described as black), It has some fairly … Continued

8 Feb 2021

Spotty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

We have two peanut feeders in the garden, and it was the fact that this female great spotted woodpecker was breakfasting from the one close to the house that alerted me to the fact that her preferred one – hanging … Continued

28 Jan 2021

Acrobat

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Our limited lockdown life became even more circumscribed today: we woke this morning to discover that the heavy overnight rain had completely flooded the lane outside our house. This saga has played out at intervals over a number of years … Continued

27 Jan 2021

Pole dancing

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

“I wouldn’t want him climbing up my leg, that’s for sure.” (RLO) A pair of squirrels in the back garden gave me a couple of minutes of amusement and pleasure this morning, while I was in the kitchen making tea. … Continued

17 Jan 2021

Porky

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

This seed feeder, and three others, hang from a metal crook with four hooks at the top. It used to live in one of our smaller flower beds, but there are two fair-sized shrubs there along with a tangle of … Continued

16 Jan 2021

Long-tailed tit

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I made up for yesterday’s slobbing around today, by being on my feet nearly all day. This morning I made lamb dansak in the slow cooker, using an excellent recipe I’d seen on Twitter. Then I spent an hour or … Continued