lungwort – Jill Orme Photography

28 Apr 2026

Old and tired

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

I had to have the front near-side tyre on my car replaced today. This was a relatively painless process, except for the small matter of paying for it (I snickered in amusement when I was first quoted a price, but … Continued

15 Apr 2026

Landing lights

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

I was on my way out to the supermarket this morning when I spotted this female Dotted Bee-fly in the front garden. Shopping immediately dropped to the bottom of my list of priorities, as I scuttled back inside for a … Continued

14 Apr 2026

Same old

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

It seems as though every time I get close to catching up with myself I make the mistake of taking my foot off the accelerator, either to let someone come and visit or to go out having fun, and the … Continued

12 Apr 2026

Busy

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

Two of R’s oldest friends came down from Northumberland today for a short visit, and through the morning I was as busy as this female Plumpie, helping R to make the house look at least semi-presentable. Not that P and … Continued

25 Mar 2026

Spotty

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

I’d hate you to look at this photo and think that the weather had dramatically improved since yesterday: it was perishing, and for most of the day it was at best overcast as well. This afternoon we had a rain … Continued

24 Mar 2026

Ginger

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

It was a horrible morning: cold and mizzly, with a fierce, swirling wind. This wan’t enough to keep the Plumpies at home, their schedule for completing their life tasks being pretty inflexible, and there were several being blown around the … Continued

23 Mar 2026

Favourite

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

I tried to make myself feature the humongous Common Carder queen in my second photo – I really did. But you have to learn to accept your limitations, and one of mine is that however much I love other bees … Continued

16 Mar 2026

Slough of Despond

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

Today was forecast to be overcast, but fine, so we were completely caught out when it began raining, quite hard and wetly, part way through our riverside walk in Stratford. You know that thing people like to say about there … Continued

10 Mar 2026

Solitary

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

I made a strategic error this morning, in not checking the weather forecast before I went out. R needed to be dropped in Stratford mid-morning, after which if I’d come straight home I could have enjoyed a couple of hours … Continued

5 Mar 2026

Irresistible

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

Well, I can’t resist them anyway. On the way back from Slimbridge yesterday I called in at the garden centre in Ashchurch to see if they had anything I couldn’t buy closer to home, and came back with some quite … Continued