perch – Jill Orme Photography

15 Aug 2024

Roost

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

It was grey this morning, not especially warm, and there was a strong gusty wind blowing. I did my usual “woe is me” grumbling about the unlikelihood of finding any decent inverts in the garden, then gave my head a … Continued

9 Mar 2024

Subtle

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

For several weeks now I’ve been hoping to catch a photo of one of the Siskins at Hillers away from the ground or the feeders, and as soon as I sat down in the hide this lunchtime I spotted this … Continued

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

30 Jan 2024

Dusky

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

The Met Office promised late sunshine up on the Cotswold scarp, but it never materialised, and the light was pretty poor throughout the session. Several of the usual suspects were circling the owl field, including Sheol and Hillyblips, and it … 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

11 Dec 2023

Short ears

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire, Transport | 0

I had so many things to do at home today that I didn’t know which to tackle first – a problem I solved by not tackling any of them, and going to the owl field instead. The owls largely kept … Continued

10 Nov 2023

In the pink

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

Owling days are here again. As the light was lovely this morning I went up to the owl field as soon as I could get away, and arrived – very hopeful – just a little after noon. Then I got … Continued

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