lake – Page 7 – Jill Orme Photography

20 Mar 2020

Tippet

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The better weather we were forecast duly arrived today, though it was pretty cold, and the wind was almost strong enough to lift you off your feet. Clouds were rolling through so quickly that the light changed by the minute, … 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

23 Dec 2019

Weasel

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

I went to Draycote Water today after the great northern diver that’s been up there for around a week now. I didn’t find it, though I bumped into other people who’d had distant views of it during the morning, but … Continued

5 Dec 2019

Rosy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, London | 0

R and I went to London today, to see the exhibition Pre-Raphaelite Sisters at the National Portrait Gallery (concise review: it was fine, but don’t pull a muscle trying to get there), and elected to diverge during the morning. He … Continued

1 Dec 2019

Otter

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

There have been otters at Croome since the spring – two adults and two kits were reported in the early summer, but they were elusive and you had to be lucky to catch sight of one. As you know, I … Continued

2 Oct 2019

Cormorant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I didn’t quite nail this capture, but in my defence I only spotted the cormorant a split second before it took off, and because I was set up for ducks swimming on a lake and not for flying things, I … Continued

23 Sep 2019

On golden pond

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

With bad weather forecast, and the dragon season galloping towards its close, I zoomed off to Croome this morning in the hope of photos. There were plenty of Common Darters around, mostly ovipositing in tandem, and a handful of Migrant … Continued

9 Sep 2019

Kielder Water

by JDO | posted in: Landscape, Northumberland, Transport | 0

As we’re both still a bit shocked by the crash yesterday, and suffering some physical stiffness, it’s probably not a bad thing that we were confined to the cottage for most of the day by lack of transport; but it … Continued

25 Jul 2019

Parental care

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I went looking for beautiful Demoiselles this morning, at the site where I took this photo last year, but all I got was extreme embarrassment and a severely bruised shin, from stepping on a manhole cover that tilted, sending me … Continued

16 Jul 2019

Wounded

by JDO | posted in: Dragonflies, Gloucestershire, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wiltshire | 0

Emperors are Britain’s largest dragonflies, with an abdominal length of 5 to 6 cm, and the males are highly territorial and aggressive. They don’t just fight each other: they will attack other dragonflies too, and are capable of eating smaller … Continued

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