flight

3 Dec 2022

Flighty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Skies, Warwickshire | 0

R and I were both busy all morning – he was engaged in domestic engineering of various kinds, and also dealing with the plumber, who’d come to do our annual boiler service, and I was re-imagining the myth of Sisyphus: … Continued

13 Oct 2022

Ready to launch

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

I realised recently that you can tell if a bug is thinking about blasting off, because it starts to flex and separate various bits of its exoskeleton. Ever since then I’ve been trying to capture the moment of take-off, and … Continued

17 Sep 2022

B-Day

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

R and I met the Family B at Croome this morning, to effect a transfer of the Boy Wonder, who’s staying with his Ageds overnight again. Having a much shorter and more predictable journey than the Welsh contingent we arrived … Continued

5 Sep 2022

Hawking

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

After a very useful and constructive meeting with my rheumatology consultant this morning, I met up with R for a celebratory coffee and cake at Boston Tea Party, before yomping along the river in search of autumn dragons. I pretended … Continued

26 Aug 2022

Friday hawker

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

R had an errand to run in Stratford today, so I tagged along and got some river time in while he was busy. I managed a few fairly good flight shots of both Brown and Migrant Hawkers, but this is … Continued

23 Aug 2022

Take-off

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

I didn’t really have the light for capturing this kind of activity, but when I noticed that this Harlequin seemed to prefer flying to walking in moving from one yarrow flower to another, I thought I’d give it a go. … Continued

19 Aug 2022

Migrant Hawker

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

I broke the 100-400 zoom back out of storage today, and went off to Stratford to see if I could get some flight shots of Migrant Hawkers. The sunshine came and went, and so did the hawkers – I know … Continued

29 Jun 2022

Attraction

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

It was a fairly dreary day, in more ways than one, though I did manage to get a few festering tasks off my books, so I suppose I should be glad about that at least. When I checked the garden … Continued

20 Mar 2022

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

If I was allowed to change one thing about my body, I wouldn’t ask for sylph-like thighs or a slender, straight nose – or even for fewer chins than I have currently. Instead, I’d like a pair of wings. I … Continued

12 Mar 2022

Motion

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

I missed the best part of the day, photographically speaking, because I was cooking this morning, and by the time everything was under way and could be left to its own devices, the warm sunshine had turned patchy, the wind … Continued