lake – Jill Orme Photography

29 May 2025

Clean

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

I really didn’t want to, but it had to be done, so I made another trip to Ripple today, in search of Common Clubtails. I trudged grumpily down to the dragonfly pond, around North Lake, up to the river, along … Continued

9 May 2025

Flexible

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

Yesterday, despite the cold, one of the Worcestershire Odonata recorders found a newly emerged Common Clubtail on the river bank at Ripple. In fact the temperature seems to have played in his favour: unlike Southern Hawkers, Clubtails generally prefer to … Continued

17 Mar 2025

Ducking out

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

By coincidence, I had two unconnected appointments at Stratford Hospital today – routine blood tests at 11am, and an eye clinic consultation, for which R would need to drive me, at 2pm. Rather than us making two separate car journeys, … Continued

4 Mar 2025

Profile

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I began the day in Stratford, starting with routine blood tests at the hospital, then going to my dentist for a somewhat overdue check-up. Then I decided to head over to Kemerton Lake, to see if there was anything interesting … Continued

27 Jan 2025

Siskins

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

“What are they?” he enquired. “Siskins,” I replied, smiling. “Hmmm,” he said. “I’m not so sure. Goldfinches, maybe.” “There are a few Goldfinches,” I said. “But most of them are Siskins.” “Hmmm. Greenfinches, possibly.” I checked the back of my … Continued

20 Jan 2025

Whooper

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Iceland, Travel, Warwickshire | 0

Despite being the type species for the genus Cygnus, Whooper Swans aren’t all that common in the UK – in fact this is only the third time I’ve recorded them in the past seven years, which is as far as … Continued

14 Dec 2024

Birthday treats

by JDO | posted in: Buildings, Landscape, Warwickshire | 0

What a contrast. We went to Compton Verney today, as we also did on my birthday two years ago, when I took one of my favourite ever photos of the lake. Today it was sunny, the temperature was +7 rather … Continued

12 Nov 2024

Twitchy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I’m not a twitcher – not least because I abhor crowds – but every now and then I see some bird alerts that make me think Well really – it would be rude not to go and take a look. … Continued

13 Sep 2024

Lucky for some

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

Firstly, thanks to everyone who said nice things about the news I shared yesterday: I very much appreciate your generosity and all-round niceness! After all that excitement I was keen to get back to normal invertebrate service today, but what … Continued

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