fish – Jill Orme Photography

30 Mar 2026

Smug

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

A Great Northern Diver turned up at Farmoor Reservoir last Thursday, because of course it did: they always wait till they know I’m busy. I assumed that all the dinghy sailing, kite foiling and angling that goes on at Farmoor … Continued

19 Dec 2025

Nemesis

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This juvenile Cormorant has been hanging around Stratford for a couple of weeks now, but up until today it’s always managed to evade my lens. I’d even taken to calling it Nemesis. Today though, R spotted it diving in the … Continued

11 Oct 2024

Catch

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

If you read descriptions of the diets of different wading birds, they quite often say: “something, something, something… and small fish” – but in my (admittedly relatively limited) birding experience it’s rare to see one actually taking a small fish. … Continued

20 Jul 2024

Losing the toss

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Stratford this morning, for the first time in a while, for walking, coffee, and cake. We were heading back towards Old Town on the south side of the river when we saw this heron standing … Continued

20 Nov 2023

Wintry

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Oxfordshire | 0

I didn’t drive all the way to Farmoor Reservoir this afternoon to take photos of Great Crested Grebes, Cormorants, Pied Wagtails, and Tufted Ducks, but that’s mainly what I arrived home with. I’d been hoping to see the Slavonian Grebe … Continued

6 Mar 2023

Improbable

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Unlikely, but as it turned out, just possible. I went to Kemerton Lake in the hope of seeing the great crested grebes displaying to each other, photos of which were posted on Sunday by someone I know, but they weren’t … Continued

11 Feb 2022

Jam today

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

It was a lovely day, but I didn’t fancy going a long distance, so I risked another trip to Kemerton Lake, where – three hours into a four-hour stint in the water level hide – this is what happened. There … Continued

7 May 2021

Ambitious

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

“That’s never going to happen,” said the woman with the binoculars, who was sitting a few metres further along the bank from where I was standing. “Not in a month of Sundays,” I agreed. We were both wrong, as it … Continued

13 Mar 2020

Her Majesty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Shropshire | 0

I’m just back home from a fascinating day photographing kingfishers on a private estate in Staffordshire. Across eight hours there were over twenty visits to the perches outside the hide by one or other of the main pair of birds … Continued

12 Apr 2019

Fish on Friday

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Tired after a couple of days of rushing about, I decided to stay reasonably close to home today, and took a drive up to Kemerton Lake to see if the little grebe chicks had hatched. There was no sign of … Continued