twig – Jill Orme Photography

31 Jan 2024

Blue

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

It being the last day of January, and just about 10°C, I decided that it might be worth having a little hunt around the garden for invertebrates. I didn’t expect to find much, and I didn’t, but the bug season … Continued

8 Jan 2024

Floof

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

There’s not much to say about today, really: it was cold, it was dark, and it tried briefly to snow while I was in Stratford, but lost interest after a couple of minutes and gave up. This little blue tit … Continued

28 Aug 2023

Mottled

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

I need to be a bit careful here, because there is actually a UK species called the Mottled Grasshopper, but I’ve never seen one, and this definitely isn’t it: Myrmeleotettix maculatus is smaller and more compact than this, and both … Continued

20 Feb 2023

Perched

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Warwickshire | 0

Right up until I processed this image, I expected to be posting a contre jour blue tit today. But there’s something about this one – the light on the bird, and the buds on the twig, plus the well-diffused background … Continued

14 Jan 2023

Sunburst

by JDO | posted in: Fungi and slime moulds, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I’m still feeling quite rough, and spending the entire morning on the computer doing financial admin didn’t improve the situation. The weather was also pretty dreich, and by lunch time I was in a deep slough of despond. At this … Continued

30 Aug 2022

Weevil Knievel

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

I spent a couple of happy hours in Trench Wood this afternoon, getting some invertebrate therapy. I arrived in bright sunshine, but by the time I was walking back along the main ride towards the car park it had clouded … Continued

3 Dec 2021

Blues

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

For a variety of reasons with which I won’t bore you, I have the blues today. But tomorrow will most probably be better, if only because the light is forecast to return. It was so dark in the garden this … Continued

31 Mar 2021

Zonkers

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Flies, Flowers and plants, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

We had another busy, productive, and tiring day in the garden – mainly weeding and tidying, but R also cut back a tree that was getting above itself, and I did more patio planting. I also found some more excellent … Continued

15 Apr 2020

Secretive

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

This isn’t a very good photo, but I’m not apologising for posting it because it represents a fascinating half-hour I spent this afternoon, watching this female red-tailed mason bee (Osmia bicolor) thatching her nest. She was very secretive and flighty, … Continued

3 Feb 2019

Radiant

by JDO | posted in: Birds, Buildings, Landscape, Worcestershire | 0

One of the many things I don’t understand about the rules of composition one is advised to use in photography is that whereas it’s apparently unacceptable to include the sun, because something so bright will dominate the image and pull … Continued