flight – Page 23 – Jill Orme Photography

21 Jul 2019

On patrol

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

I zoomed over to Trench Wood ‘for an hour’ this morning, and wound up staying nearly four. The whole site was teeming with butterflies – I honestly don’t think I’ve ever seen them at such a density in the wild … Continued

16 Jul 2019

Wounded

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Gloucestershire, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

Emperors are Britain’s largest dragonflies, with an abdominal length of 5 to 6 cm, and the males are highly territorial and aggressive. They don’t just fight each other: they will attack other dragonflies too, and are capable of eating smaller … Continued

5 Jul 2019

Hawking

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

Firstly, many thanks to everyone who was so nice about yesterday’s Scarce Chasers. I received some very entertaining comments, my favourite of which came from a Stratford friend, who saw the image on Twitter and captioned it “Brian, I can … Continued

25 Jun 2019

Bempton Cliffs

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Yorkshire | 0

When I decided on Sunday to come up to Yorkshire, the weather forecast for today was reasonably good, but over the course of yesterday it deteriorated, and when I got up this morning it was pouring with rain. Worse, there … Continued

8 Jun 2019

Bumbling about

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

I honestly can’t decide whether this photo is interesting, or simply weird – but R likes it, and I trust his judgement, so that’s why it gets the nod today. I spent much of the day at my desk, processing … Continued

21 Apr 2019

Sleek

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

R and I went for an early walk at Croome this morning, where the grounds were looking lovely in the misty sunshine. My only disappointment was that I didn’t find an early damsel, though I know that they’re now emerging … Continued

26 Mar 2019

On guard!

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Flies, Gloucestershire, Hoverflies, Invertebrates | 0

After two days of garden bug safaris I felt like getting out and about; so I zoomed over to Gloucestershire, where several garganeys have recently been reported at the Coombe Hill reserve. I’d never been here before, and I had … Continued

14 Mar 2019

Serious face

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The gales continued today. I was on the point of setting off for the Cotswold Water Park this morning when I saw on Twitter that one of the roads on my route was totally blocked by a fallen tree; and … Continued

25 Feb 2019

Steart

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Somerset | 0

After doing some actual work this morning (oh, the pain!) I zoomed off down to Somerset, and walked 14,000 steps around Steart Marshes wearing the Big Boots. As it was my first visit I wasn’t able to guess how long … Continued

17 Feb 2019

Owlday

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

All the rushing about I’ve done this week finally caught up with me today, and I’ve been in quite a lot of pain. Common sense dictated a quiet day at home – but where would be the fun in that? … Continued

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