nature reserve – Jill Orme Photography

25 Oct 2023

Vagrant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

I thought I’d take a trip out to Whelford Pools today, to see if I could catch up with the vagrant juvenile Purple Heron that turned up there about ten days ago. Knowing how small the car park is, I … Continued

13 Jan 2023

Onomatopoeic

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

I’m suffering from a horrible cold at the moment, and I was in two minds today whether to get up and go out, or just pull the duvet back over my head and suffer horizontally. But bright sunny days in … Continued

1 Jan 2023

Tick

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Worcestershire | 0

“I think you should go birding,” said R. Usually this would suggest that he’s finding me more than usually irritating and is trying to get me to leave the premises and be somewhere else, but today I think he was … Continued

25 Aug 2022

Target

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

Sometimes you only get one shot at your target species, and sometimes that’s enough. I was on a mission and on a schedule as I yomped along the towpath at Forest Farm this afternoon – trying to get down to … Continued

1 Aug 2022

Tortoise bug

by JDO | posted in: Bugs, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I looked with disfavour at the raft of tedious stuff that needed doing at home this morning, contemplated the fact that from Wednesday onwards I’m likely to be running flat-out for five straight days, eyed the weather (bright, sunny and … Continued

28 Jul 2022

Fuzzy

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Wales | 0

It’s only a few days since I last posted a Green-veined White, but I was pleased to capture this one on hemp agrimony at Forest Farm this morning (none of the Odonata that were present being prepared to stop and … Continued

21 Jul 2022

Attentive

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Wales | 0

This pair of moorhens was working as an effective tag team, fetching food for three chicks and – so far as I could tell – sharing it out pretty evenly between them. The only stutter in the steady provision of … Continued

7 Jul 2022

Gold

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Wales | 0

R and I had a great day in Cardiff with Baby B, who continues to surprise and amuse us. Although he still hasn’t got many recognisable words, it’s quite clear that he understands pretty much everything that’s said to him, … Continued

30 Jun 2022

Shaggy

by JDO | posted in: Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Wales | 0

On the last day of the #30dayswild month of June, I was pleased to run across my fifty first hoverfly species of the year, on bankside vegetation by the canal at Forest Farm. There are thirty eight Cheilosia species on … Continued

26 Jun 2022

Chapeau

by JDO | posted in: Family life | 0

Day four back from holiday. Still desperate for a lie-in, but Baby B’s ten hours of peaceful, unbroken sleep lasted from 7.30pm yesterday to – well, you do the maths. Perhaps I should have done it too, in advance, instead … Continued

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