robin – Jill Orme Photography

5 Jan 2026

Snow

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire, Weather | 0

We got up this morning to a light overnight dusting of snow. It was still bitterly cold, and as R had to be in Stratford this morning for an appointment with his optometrist, I thought it would be a nice … Continued

16 Dec 2025

Mine!

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Among humans possession is nine-tenths of the law, allegedly, but in the world of birds it mainly comes down to an equation between size and natural aggression. If the antagonist here had been a Blackbird or a Jackdaw, I doubt … Continued

2 Dec 2025

It’s beginning to look…

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Oh, please. Just don’t, OK? Even though it all started kicking off around here about three weeks ago, some of us aren’t yet ready to get with the twinkly, ho-ho-ho, gifts piled under the tree, turkey ordered, sprouts boiling, house … Continued

22 Nov 2025

Emergency Robin

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Today wasn’t the best day I’ve ever experienced. After running through the usual Saturday morning chores, I had to go out to Bourton-on-the-Hill for a sectional rehearsal for our upcoming choir concert. This went surprisingly well, to be fair, but … Continued

30 Sep 2025

Seasonal

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

After being virtually unseen and unheard throughout the summer, the Robins have now finished breeding and moulting, and have begun to reappear. Suddenly I’m hearing them everywhere I go, and as I walked up Mill Lane in Stratford this afternoon, … Continued

4 Aug 2025

Tidy

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Gloucestershire | 0

We’ve had another happy day of pootling around, recharging our batteries and enjoying our special family time, but with not many photos taken other than phone shots of the Boy Wonder and the Baby Brother. Luckily, while I was taking … Continued

26 Feb 2025

Full-body commitment

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Having overdone the gardening yesterday (eeeurgh), I awarded myself an easy day today. I also wasn’t feeling the love for standing up on the Cotswold scarp waiting for the owls to perform, so I wound up going into Stratford with … Continued

21 Jan 2025

Plump

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

It was looking as though it might be an owling kind of day, but I’m still struggling to shake off my New Year virus, and I just wasn’t feeling the love for it, so I went out for lunch with … Continued

12 Jan 2025

Moody

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

I’d intended to get out early this morning and take some macro shots of the fabulous hoar frost. But I didn’t check the forecast carefully enough yesterday, and missed the bit where it said that the temperature was going to … Continued

24 Dec 2024

Mine!!

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Warning: this will be me tomorrow, guarding the dauphinoise potatoes against all comers. Because I worked myself to a virtual standstill yesterday, today I found myself in the unusual position of having not very much to do. So R and … Continued

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