log – Jill Orme Photography

26 Feb 2024

Bitter

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The weather that is, rather than me, though I did have a bit of a stressy day, trying to make sure I’d done enough preparation to be able to migrate stuff onto the new Mac without mishap. Half way through … Continued

10 Feb 2024

Nutty

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Overnight, local flooding got worse as water moved down the River Avon, which was already over its banks in many places. Our village is still fine, thankfully, though houses on the other side of the loop remain under threat, and … Continued

9 Feb 2024

Charming

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

All the way home from Wales yesterday it teemed with rain, making the journey more than usually tiring for R, who was driving. The downpour continued through the evening, and by the time we went to bed the village was … Continued

29 Jan 2024

Spinster

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

The binomial name of the Chaffinch is Fringilla coelebs. ‘Fringilla’ is the Latin word for finch, and ‘coelebs’ refers to the Latin word ‘caelebs’ (coel- and cael- being interchangable, according to my ancient Latin dictionary), which means unmarried. According to … Continued

16 Jan 2024

Posture

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’ve posted variations on this image so many times before, I’m almost embarrassed to do it again. On the other hand, it’s a Robin, and you can never have too many Robins. Can you? My plans for today went awry … Continued

18 Nov 2023

Too early?

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I went up to Hiller’s this morning in search of lamb stock – at least, that was my excuse. My sis is coming for dinner this evening and I’m slow-roasting some shoulder of lamb, to a recipe requiring stock that … Continued

5 Aug 2023

Dormitory

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Fungi and slime moulds, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Weather: Biblical. Mood: Apocalyptic. When the storm abated briefly, I rushed out with the camera to try to grab some images, heading straight to the spots in the garden that have most reliably provided me with invertebrates over the past … Continued

29 Mar 2023

Sluggish

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

It was another dreary, wet morning, though warmer than yesterday and without the biting wind. R and I were both grumpy about this interruption to the onset of spring, when it had only just about got started, so we did … Continued

15 Mar 2023

Survivor

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

Pushed for time today, and with the weather having returned to cold, dank gloom, I whizzed out into the garden and quickly found this tiny 22-spot ladybird in the honeysuckle where it will have overwintered. It wasn’t thrilled at being … Continued

10 Mar 2023

Major

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It’s a while since I last posted a photo of a great tit, which is a good enough reason for doing it again today, but also, this is R’s choice of the images I just showed him. My own favourite, … Continued

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