wildlife pond – Page 3 – Jill Orme Photography

24 Apr 2024

Result

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

I had a number of errands to run today, so I didn’t have much time for hunting invertebrates, but a quick whisk around the garden at lunch time netted me this pair of Helophilus pendulus hoverflies, getting intimate on the … Continued

25 Jun 2023

Smiler

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

I had very little time for photography today, but I quickly set up the R7 this morning, and trotted off down the garden to try it out. My snap review is that it produces very sharp images when you can … Continued

13 Nov 2022

Sunny

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

Since having Covid last month I’ve been struggling to get back to a normal level of activity, and I’ve ended up dealing with just the most urgent tasks from my to-do list and letting everything else drift. This hasn’t been … Continued

29 Aug 2022

Making whoopee

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

I had a good day today, invertebrate-wise, and there are several photos in this set that would have worked very well for tonight’s blip, but I’ve decided to use this post to mark the day’s two ‘firsts’: the main image … Continued

19 Jul 2022

Oak bush cricket

by JDO | posted in: Crickets, 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