Holy Trinity – Jill Orme Photography

18 Jan 2025

Floof

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I don’t claim to know much, but until today I believed I knew that Goldcrests are entirely carnivorous, eating only small spiders, insects, and larvae. However, my new RSPB Handbook says that they “…will sometimes eat small seeds” – and … Continued

17 Jan 2025

Return of the native

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This was supposed to have been a desk-bound day, as I continue the struggle to get back on top of all the stuff I allowed to slide over Christmas. But I’m never very good at doing what I ought to … Continued

12 Jan 2025

Moody

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I’d intended to get out early this morning and take some macro shots of the fabulous hoar frost. But I didn’t check the forecast carefully enough yesterday, and missed the bit where it said that the temperature was going to … Continued

11 Jan 2025

Chilly

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As I drove home from the owl field last night it became increasingly misty. It even looked as though an inversion might be forming over Chipping Campden, and I made a mental note that it would be worth going up … Continued

8 Jan 2025

Quizzical

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

My plan to go owling today fell by the wayside early this afternoon, because reasons, and in the end I went off into Stratford with R instead, for churchyard birding, coffee, and shopping. Holy Trinity churchyard was quiet: though both … Continued

4 Jan 2025

Lucky

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went into Stratford for lunch today, and I took the opportunity to spend twenty minutes in Holy Trinity churchyard with the resident birds. For the first quarter of an hour I only managed to photograph Robins, because … Continued

24 Dec 2024

Mine!!

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Warning: this will be me tomorrow, guarding the dauphinoise potatoes against all comers. Because I worked myself to a virtual standstill yesterday, today I found myself in the unusual position of having not very much to do. So R and … Continued

22 Dec 2024

Tense

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With the Christmas supermarket delivery due at around 7pm, R and I went off into Stratford this morning to source a few things I hadn’t been able to order. I was waiting for an email detailing any substitutions or missing … Continued

18 Dec 2024

Territorial

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Who hogged all the seed? You hogged all the seed. Right up until a Blackbird swooped in with a lot of noise and kerfuffle, when you beat a hasty retreat into the depths of the nearest yew tree. If you … Continued

17 Dec 2024

Noble

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

This Robin looks as though it’s posing for a portrait – Van Dyck could probably do justice to this noble attitude and elegant profile, though Rembrandt would doubtless deal more flamboyantly with the light. What it was actually doing though, … Continued

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