Hillers bird hide – Page 4 – Jill Orme Photography

5 Feb 2024

Siskin

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It was another dour day, the fierce wind making no obvious impression on the thick, lowering cloud, and my mood matched the weather pretty closely. I spent the morning at my desk, thrashing through boring computer tasks, but by lunchtime … Continued

29 Jan 2024

Spinster

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The binomial name of the Chaffinch is Fringilla coelebs. ‘Fringilla’ is the Latin word for finch, and ‘coelebs’ refers to the Latin word ‘caelebs’ (coel- and cael- being interchangable, according to my ancient Latin dictionary), which means unmarried. According to … Continued

16 Jan 2024

Posture

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I’ve posted variations on this image so many times before, I’m almost embarrassed to do it again. On the other hand, it’s a Robin, and you can never have too many Robins. Can you? My plans for today went awry … Continued

13 Jan 2024

Baby

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Babies everywhere. This one is slightly less pink and squishy and rather more hairy than Grandson Two, whom R and I met over a Facetime call this morning, but is already walking and feeding itself very competently, and eating an … Continued

18 Nov 2023

Too early?

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I went up to Hiller’s this morning in search of lamb stock – at least, that was my excuse. My sis is coming for dinner this evening and I’m slow-roasting some shoulder of lamb, to a recipe requiring stock that … Continued

31 Oct 2023

Creepy

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Late last night the power began cutting in and out – lights were going on and off, switches were tripping on the fuse panels in the utility room, and the UPS packs we use to protect the computers were clicking … Continued

28 Oct 2023

Sleight of beak

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I don’t know how you do prestidigitation without opposable thumbs, but there was a definite hint of a magic trick about this. I had the camera trained and focused on this Wren for several seconds, shooting on burst, during which … Continued

24 Oct 2023

Raider

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It was a dull and murky morning, and when R suggested coffee at Hillers I jumped at the chance to get out of the valley. It’s possible that I may have eaten an industrial quantity of cake as well, which … Continued

10 Mar 2023

Major

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It’s a while since I last posted a photo of a great tit, which is a good enough reason for doing it again today, but also, this is R’s choice of the images I just showed him. My own favourite, … Continued

8 Mar 2023

Fed. Up.

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Oh look – I just made a Christmas card. What a pity it’s March. Despite hateful weather, R and I went out this morning. First to Hillers for coffee and cake – and for me, half an hour in the … Continued

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