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2 Jan 2021

Glitter

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

I’m not usually so quick off the mark, but this morning when I pulled back the curtains and saw the happy combination of frost and sunshine, I leapt into some clothes and scuttled off outside with the macro. My best … Continued

29 Dec 2020

Snow

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

It snowed on and off during the day, but even at its heaviest the precipitation was wet and sleety, and my plan to photograph snowflakes didn’t come to much. You can make out some crystalline structures here, but no individual … 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

8 Apr 2020

Buffish

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

Bee of the day: Andrena nigroaenea, the buffish mining bee. I’ve always thought the common name was strange: why buffish? Buff is a pale brown colour, and buffish suggests something that’s ‘sort of’ pale brown. These striking bees aren’t ‘sort … Continued

27 Mar 2020

Deceiver

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

For all that she looks sweetly innocent nectaring on this aubretia, this female Bombylius major is exactly where I would rather she wasn’t – that is, very close to a bank containing a number of ashy mining bee nests. I’m … Continued

4 May 2019

Trial

by JDO | posted in: People, Pets, Sport, Worcestershire | 0

I thought I’d try out something new today: I have virtually no interest in sport, as my figure can attest, but I do like horses, and I like the challenge of photographing a moving target – so I decided to … Continued

14 Nov 2018

Clear round

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

I was standing in happy solitude by the wall on the south side of the owl field, chimping at some earlier photos on the back of my camera, when I glanced up and found a roe deer doe staring at … Continued

27 Oct 2018

Ratafia de coings

by JDO | posted in: Food, Fruit and vegetables, Still life | 0

On a day when I had to brave bitter, driving rain to fill up the bird feeders, because even in those conditions tiny garden birds were queueing up hoping for food, and R decided that it was time to break … Continued

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