prey – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

19 Nov 2023

Sprawk

by JDO | posted in: Birds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

After talking ourselves to a standstill last night, my sis and I regrouped this morning and began again, while R fed us a steady supply of toast, and endless cups of tea. In the odd way that you can unexpectedly … Continued

20 Sep 2023

Tooth and claw

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

It was still windy today, but less so than yesterday, and it was also a little warmer and brighter. R and I had stuff to do in Stratford this afternoon, including for me a trip to the dental hygienist (yeurgh), … Continued

22 Aug 2023

Strength

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

I’m not sure exactly what the human equivalent of this would be in terms of relative size and weight, but I think it might be me holding up a sheep in my arms while biting chunks out of it. My … Continued

18 Jul 2023

A flutter of Admirals

by JDO | posted in: Butterflies, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

R and I went to Stratford this morning to run errands and eat cake, and I offset the cake a little by taking a rapid walk down to Weir Brake lock in search of dragons. I didn’t find any, probably … Continued

21 May 2023

Predation

by JDO | posted in: Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

I didn’t have the best of days at Uckinghall. Electing to walk around one of the lakes before going along the river may have been a mistake, because I met two chaps on the river bank who’d both had an … Continued

27 Feb 2023

Macabre

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Into Stratford this morning for a meeting with the rheumatologist, after which I had coffee and cake with R and then went in search of birds. Yesterday morning when we arrived with B at the children’s playground on the rec’, … Continued

26 Oct 2022

Collared pratincole

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

This morning I decided that I was well enough to risk a day out, so I made the trip to Slimbridge that didn’t happen on Monday. It turned out not to be the best day for a visit, because staff … Continued

12 Sep 2022

Carnage

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

Though it’s one of our smallest ladybirds, at 3.5-4.5mm in length, the 14-spot is a voracious predator of aphids. The swarm of aphids on my yarrow plants seems to have defeated the larger 7-spots and harlequins, which have now abandoned … Continued

11 Feb 2022

Jam today

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

It was a lovely day, but I didn’t fancy going a long distance, so I risked another trip to Kemerton Lake, where – three hours into a four-hour stint in the water level hide – this is what happened. There … Continued

18 Jun 2019

Elegant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Damselflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Worcestershire | 0

This is an immature male Blue-tailed Damselfly, keeping up his strength at Kemerton Lake Reserve today. He and his lunch were my best captures of the session – I saw just a handful of damsels, and only one distant dragon, … Continued