reed bed – Page 9 – Jill Orme Photography

24 Sep 2019

Sparkling

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

Today was a good day. I was so nervous about this morning’s Supreme Court ruling that I preferred to read the live tweet streams of Joshua Rozenberg and Ian Dunt rather than watching the Supreme Court TV feed; but the … Continued

29 Aug 2019

Zorsted

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

It’s hard work, bouncing around the reed bed, trying to put up flies so you can hunt them, while having to break off to chase around after other dragons every few seconds. Migrant Hawkers are still emerging at Croome, interestingly, … 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

1 Jun 2019

Escape

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

R and I are still in running away from home mode, so it was lucky that we had a few errands to do today. Because we’re also both feeling very squidgy and sentimental, one of these was to go to … Continued

20 May 2019

Resplendent

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

From the sublime to the cor blimey: yesterday Chartley Moss, today Coventry, where I had to go for some very minor maintenance on the car. On the plus side, being in Coventry gave me the perfect excuse for visiting Brandon … Continued

16 May 2019

Emergence

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

I had to go to Stow-on-the-Wold this afternoon for a haircut and, despite life continually tripping me up this morning, I managed to get out of the house early enough to swing round via the Cotswold Water Park first, in … Continued

29 Jan 2019

Excitement

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

A perfect storm of icy drizzle, mud, and emulsified car exhaust emissions created a truly exciting road surface for the roadster driver, on my trip to Coventry this morning for a free car health check. I only lost the back … Continued

19 Dec 2018

Bittern

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After running errands with R this morning I went on to Brandon Marsh in Coventry, where a Eurasian bittern has been reported over the past few days. Arriving in the hide and discovering it packed with birders, my hopes lifted, … Continued

15 Nov 2018

Flowing

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

Today was a bit of a curate’s egg, but ended on an absolute high. I had an appointment in Coventry this morning for the Mazda garage to change the SD card in my satnav. The bad news is that the … Continued

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31