wildlife pond – Jill Orme Photography

19 Jul 2022

Oak bush cricket

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

I’m indebted to R for enabling this post, by finding me an insect I’d never seen before, and then acting as my glamorous studio assistant while I photographed it. It was after 5pm, and after spending most of the day … Continued

1 Jul 2022

Mindful moment

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

Having spent the morning researching mirrorless cameras (but reaching no firm conclusion), and the early part of the afternoon on essential domestic tedium, I didn’t get much time in the garden with the camera today. When I did make it … Continued

21 May 2022

Resting

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

This afternoon I went hunting small early butterflies at a nearby brownfield site with HelenJG and her friend C. We made some pretty good finds, including the first Brown Argus I’d seen this year, and a very unexpected Green Hairstreak, … Continued

29 Oct 2021

Bold

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

Most shieldbugs are pretty shy and retiring – as would you be if you were as far down the food chain as they are – but when I walked round the corner into the wild garden this afternoon, the first … Continued

18 Jul 2021

Steamy

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

Things are hotting up in our garden. Having populated the village with a good number of Large Red Damselflies from both our ponds over the past month or so, it was highly likely that some of them would return at … Continued

17 Jul 2021

Close encounter

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

The mini-heatwave that the weather forecast has been promising us arrived today, reminding me that however grumpy I get when it’s too cold or wet for my insect subjects to be on the wing, many of them don’t appreciate it … Continued

31 May 2021

Just resting

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

R chugged into my study this morning while I was still wondering what to do with my day, and told me that he’d just spotted a damselfly nymph climbing one of the pond plants, and if I got a shift … Continued

29 May 2021

Pond life

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

When I went to check the wildlife pond after breakfast – at which time the weather was gloomy and it was still quite cold – all three of yesterday’s damselflies were still on the pond sedge, and there was another … Continued

28 May 2021

Emergent

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

This has been an exciting day, in more ways than one. R and I went over to Oxford this morning, to see the Pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Ashmolean. During the drive we were trying, and failing, to remember the last … Continued

15 Nov 2020

Pond dipping

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

It’s been quite stormy over the past couple of days, and by this morning the wildlife pond was pretty full of leaves, so I took a net and went to skim them. Almost immediately I realised that most of them … Continued

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