wall – Jill Orme Photography

14 Apr 2022

Bug spotting

by JDO | posted in: Family life, Flowers and plants, Hoverflies, Invertebrates, Wales, Wasps | 0

Poor Baby B wasn’t his best self this morning: due to a combination of yet another cold, and (we suspect) some more teething, he was distinctly fraj, and moved from smiles and games to stormy tears on the turn of … Continued

9 Apr 2022

Dotty

by JDO | posted in: Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

By 10.30 this morning I’d started a batch of yoghurt fermenting, and there was a Catalan stew simmering in the slow cooker. They don’t call me a Domestic Goddess for nothing.* I then rattled round all the likeliest invertebrate sites, … Continued

27 Mar 2022

Genius

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

Mother’s Day: croissants with chocolate spread for breakfast, phone calls and flowers from the Offspring, a trip to the garden centre with R, a happy hour chasing invertebrates around the garden in the spring sunshine, and finally this afternoon, a … Continued

25 Mar 2022

Peacock

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

Right up until the end of the afternoon, my blip had been going to feature the beautiful female ashy mining bee I’ve added below. I love Andrena cineraria, with its elegantly understated livery, and as it’s usually one of the … Continued

13 Feb 2022

Wet

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

According to the forecast, we’re going to be sitting under a rain band for at least the next three days. This put paid to my plan to photograph a spring crocus today, because they close up in the cold and … Continued

30 Jan 2022

Citizen science

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

According to the Winter Watch team, over a million people took part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch last year – an amazing collective effort towards the understanding of bird populations in the UK. Today was the final day for … Continued

1 Oct 2021

Festive

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

After several minutes of careful consideration, I have decided that this – almost entirely definitely – is a birch shieldbug. There is a very similar species, commonly called the hawthorn shieldbug, and I have mixed them up in the past, … Continued

23 Jul 2021

Common Darter

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

Another day, another National Trust walk: because I’ve been feeling distinctly sub-prime this week, R (who has plenty of projects of his own to be getting on with) is taking care of me and getting me out of the house … Continued

31 Jan 2021

Edging

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Yesterday’s flooding subsided overnight, and the dipping temperature had us waking up to a few pockets of ice around the garden. I scuttled out with the macro straight after breakfast in the hope of recording some of them, but most … Continued

25 Jan 2021

Wall screw-moss

by JDO | posted in: Flowers and plants, My garden, Weather, Worcestershire | 0

This morning dawned bright and sunny, but cold and frosty, with a little of yesterday’s snow still present and glistening enticingly. R and I had tickets for an early walk at Charlecote, but having been caught out on New Year’s … Continued