squirrel – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

5 Oct 2020

Nick

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Sorry…? Seed……? I’m not sure what… oh! That! Yes, sorry! Didn’t know what we were talking about there for a minute! No. Not me. No, no, no. Definitely not. Ummmm….. I just came over in case you might be having … Continued

10 Jun 2020

Squizzer

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Trees, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Asked the question, “what is a young squirrel called?”, the interwebs provided a variety of largely unhelpful answers: 1. A pup. Seems unlikely. 2. A kit. Hmmm. 3. A squirrel. Sigh. 4. It’s not called anything, because squirrels don’t live … Continued

6 Jan 2020

Porky

by JDO | posted in: Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

After a seriously tedious morning at Stratford Hospital, having yet more bloods taken, and then meeting a rheumatology person to whom I wound up giving what felt like my entire medical history yet again, I met R for coffee and … Continued

12 Nov 2019

Berrying

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

This old and rather tired rowan tree lives in the front garden, and mostly fails to enhance it. We’ve discussed taking down and replacing it, but I always reprieve it because in late summer the blossom provides a brief but … Continued

2 Nov 2019

Saturday squirrel

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

The good thing about one of your bigger siblings hogging the seed feeder, and you having to pick up what you can from the ground underneath it, is that you wind up inadvertently saving quite a lot about your person … Continued

27 Oct 2019

Finial

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

Some people have gargoyles. We have squirrels. R and I spent a really lovely few hours with his sister and brother-in-law. It was great fun to have their company, and though it was a shame that they weren’t able to … Continued

3 Oct 2019

Lunch

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

R came back from a run this morning and asked if I knew what bird made a kind of Chuckchuckchuckchuck-waaaah noise. I said that I did not, and he said, “Well there’s one making it in a tree opposite the … Continued

12 Sep 2019

Hardy

by JDO | posted in: Northumberland, Wild animals | 0

Refrain of the day: “It’s definitely brightening up!” (Sung to the accompaniment of drumming rain.) A mizzly morning didn’t entice us to leave the cottage, but as we’re fast approaching the end of our week we felt that we should … Continued

8 Mar 2019

Spherical

by JDO | posted in: Warwickshire, Wild animals | 0

I’m guessing that whoever put this handful of seed on top of a gatepost in Avonbank Gardens in Stratford today has done it before, and that this squirrel knows the drill. From its proportions I think that it’s a youngster … Continued

27 Jan 2019

Frozen

by JDO | posted in: My garden, Wild animals, Worcestershire | 0

I finished refilling the bird feeders this afternoon, walked back into the kitchen to fetch the camera, and by the time I reached the lawn again this squirrel was already up in the apple tree, heading for the bird seed. … Continued

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