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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

24 Jan 2021

Dusting

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

It was snowing when we got up this morning, and a reasonable dusting had settled, but by the time we were dressed and ready to go out for a walk the fall was easing, and the lying stuff was already … Continued

23 Jan 2021

Snowy morning

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

We had a light fall of snow overnight, but it was so warm this morning that it melted very quickly. I did manage to find a few spots that were still icy when I went out with the macro at … Continued

15 Jan 2021

Peckish

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

It’s not the best photo I’ve ever taken, but on the other hand I’ve taken worse, and not all of them through a grubby double-glazed window. And it works as a companion piece to the one I posted of the … Continued

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