lake – Page 7 – Jill Orme Photography

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

6 May 2019

Anxiety

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I was at Kemerton Lake this afternoon, chatting to the other person in the hide and wondering if and when something would happen out on the lake, when all the pochards suddenly left the island where they spend most of … Continued

12 Apr 2019

Fish on Friday

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Tired after a couple of days of rushing about, I decided to stay reasonably close to home today, and took a drive up to Kemerton Lake to see if the little grebe chicks had hatched. There was no sign of … Continued

1 Apr 2019

Lunch

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I decided to zoom up to Kemerton Lake this morning, to check on the grebes. But my vision of a peaceful couple of hours in the hide came to nothing – partly because there were other people in it (the … Continued

27 Mar 2019

Your feet’s too big

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Not than I’m moaning (I never moan, as you know), but… you wait two years for a half decent photo of a great crested grebe, and then 78 come along at once. So today’s processing may take a while – … Continued

18 Mar 2019

Bold

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

Tell me that thing again about little grebes being shy? At Kemerton Lake today, some of them were coming so close to the hide that to photograph them I had to stand on tiptoe with the lens pointing down through … Continued

14 Mar 2019

Serious face

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The gales continued today. I was on the point of setting off for the Cotswold Water Park this morning when I saw on Twitter that one of the roads on my route was totally blocked by a fallen tree; and … Continued

4 Mar 2019

Rusty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

It was still fairly stormy today, but after being stuck at home for three days I was stir-crazy, so I ventured out to Kemerton Lake to see if the little grebes were coming into their breeding plumage. If you compare … Continued

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