honeysuckle – Jill Orme Photography

17 Apr 2025

Reward

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

This morning, because the weather had suddenly turned warm and sunny again, and the timelines of my socials are currently full of the early Odonata which seem to be bursting out absolutely everywhere but here, I went off on a … Continued

13 Apr 2025

Vibrant

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

Did I say vibrant? Sorry – I meant vibrating. The weather has definitely turned. It was cloudy and cold for much of the day, with a biting, gusty wind. From time to time we had brief and unexpected bursts of … Continued

5 Apr 2025

Living dangerously

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

Concert day is always hectic, so I was grateful that this trio gave me an easy photo opportunity in the garden this morning – especially after yesterday’s pond dipping experience, which has left me somewhat sore, and still slightly discombobulated. … Continued

1 Apr 2025

Ashy

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

When I first got into this solitary bee lark, a decade or so ago, I had a lot of Ashy Mining Bees in my garden. This made me very happy, because they’re a) delightful; and b) easy to identify. So … Continued

28 Mar 2025

Glittery

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

I spent quite a lot of today working in the wild garden (eeeurgh), finishing the pruning of the dogwood, and improving the scrub clearance underneath our huge red chestnut tree. I also cut down several stray elder saplings, which I … Continued

20 Mar 2025

Lush

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

This was supposed to have been a no-gardening day – partly because I’m already bored to tears with it, the novelty of (relative) tidiness having worn off before it’s even been fully achieved, but mainly because I’ve been pushing myself … Continued

19 Mar 2025

Ouch

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

I thought it might comfort those of you repulsed by spiders to know that from time to time they eat each other. I can’t tell you what the unfortunate victim was – of the almost 700 species of spider in … Continued

15 Mar 2025

Hairy

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

This morning I cut back some more shrubs – increasingly grateful for the powered secateurs that make the job so easy – and then did some general garden tidying, and planted up the new heucheras on the patio. By the … Continued

10 Mar 2025

Thorny

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

Seriously – what is going on with the weather? After the unseasonably warm weekend, I went to bed last night thinking that I’d need to water my new front garden plantings this morning, to make sure they didn’t dry out. … Continued

9 Mar 2025

Primed

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

After finishing my planting in the front garden yesterday, I started to mulch the long border with a commercial rotted bark mulch, but quickly ran out. So this morning R and I went back to the garden centre and bought … Continued

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