reed bed – Page 9 – Jill Orme Photography

19 Aug 2021

Hangin’

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

My apologies for the background here, but I only photograph the dragons – I don’t get to tell them where to go and stand. I can’t decide whether it reminds me more of a Habitat fabric design, c.1980, or the … Continued

17 Aug 2021

Stripes

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

To Cardiff again today, where everyone in the household is as diseased as we are, though G seems to be fighting off the plague more successfully than the rest of us. This morning Baby B was quite affronted by our … Continued

22 Jul 2021

BTS

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

As she’s known in the Biz. I’ve seen more female Black-tailed Skimmers in the past month than in the whole of the previous three years put together. Usually, while the blue and black males are highly visible, whizzing around over … Continued

15 Jul 2021

Moody

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Flies, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

“I can’t post that one,” I said. “People will think I’ve gone mad!” “I like it,” said R. “It’s…. moody.” It was a dark and murky morning, but after lunch the light started to lift, and in the middle of … Continued

16 Jun 2021

Watchful

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

R went off to the Frozen North today, to visit his aunt and her husband, but I was very tired after all the hoorah of the past few days, so I stayed home and tried to dig away part of … Continued

15 Jun 2021

Ol’ green eyes

by JDO | posted in: Cambridgeshire, Dragonflies, Odonata | 0

This is a Norfolk Hawker, so-called because it was once a very rare dragonfly in this country, and was more or less confined to the East Anglian fens. It’s quite common across central and southern Europe, where it’s known as … Continued

9 Jun 2021

Success

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

I was still quite tired this morning after all the gadding about, and we have visitors coming at the weekend, so I decided to give myself an easy day today. Compton Verney ticked all the right boxes: not too big, … Continued

2 Jun 2021

Spotty

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

R and I went to Croome this morning, where the Odonata season is finally warming up. There were scores of damselflies in evidence, including a large number of tenerals, and – finally – some dragonflies too. The reed bed that … Continued

26 May 2021

Blipday Club

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

When blipfoto warned me a few days ago that this would be my seven-year blipversary, I mentally logged the fact and decided to try to find seven of something for today’s post. And then, being me, promptly forgot about it … Continued

20 May 2021

Scarce

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

When I woke up this morning I had high hopes for this morning’s dragonfly workshop at Ham Wall with Victoria Hillman – I had, after all, seen a couple of chasers hunting on the reserve yesterday evening. When I walked … Continued

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