Kemerton Lake Nature Reserve – Jill Orme Photography

16 Aug 2024

Massacre

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

I spent a very happy three hours at Kemerton Lake today, where there was so much going on I hardly knew where best to point the camera. My aim had been to get some photos of dragonflies in flight, and … Continued

6 Mar 2023

Improbable

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Unlikely, but as it turned out, just possible. I went to Kemerton Lake in the hope of seeing the great crested grebes displaying to each other, photos of which were posted on Sunday by someone I know, but they weren’t … Continued

15 Feb 2023

Love

by JDO | posted in: Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

I had a hundred things to do today, but knowing that the nice morning was forecast to give way to a wet afternoon, I abandoned them all and zoomed over to Kemerton Lake to spend an hour in the hide. … Continued

16 Jan 2023

Gently smiling jaws

by JDO | posted in: Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Day 4729 of this beastly cold, and I’m thoroughly fed up now. I even did another covid test today, just in case the last one was wrong, but got the same negative result. This at least made me feel able … Continued

5 Jan 2023

Two out of three

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

I spent the morning waiting for a call-back from someone who’d left me an insistent message yesterday saying that I HAD to phone them today, only to be unavailable when I did. I find this kind of situation enraging, and … Continued

11 Feb 2022

Jam today

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

It was a lovely day, but I didn’t fancy going a long distance, so I risked another trip to Kemerton Lake, where – three hours into a four-hour stint in the water level hide – this is what happened. There … Continued

10 Feb 2022

Jam tomorrow

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

“I’m sure I’ll take you with pleasure!” the Queen said. “Two pence a week, and jam every other day.” Alice couldn’t help laughing, as she said, “I don’t want you to hire me – and I don’t care for jam.” … Continued

14 Jan 2022

Frosty

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, Landscape | 0

After yesterday’s excitement I couldn’t resist another trip to Kemerton Lake today, in the hope of getting even better views of the otters. But it wasn’t to be, because the whole of the lake surface around the public hide was … Continued

13 Jan 2022

Cormorant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I’ve been hearing recently that there’s a lot of otter action going on at Kemerton Lake, on the border between Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, so this afternoon I drove over to take a look. There have been periods when I’ve visited … Continued

2 Feb 2020

Wigeon

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I rather like wigeon, which is fortunate because they were about the only birds within sensible range on a rather grim afternoon at Kemerton Lake. Apart from the inevitable coots, that is, but I’m not at all fond of coots … Continued