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Jill Orme
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Photographer, blogger, family historian and low-grade choral singer. Passionate about wildlife. Feminist. Humanist. Centrist. Pro-EU. Pro-PR. #FBPE #FBPPR https://jillorme.org.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/jillorme/
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 19m
Guess we’re probably not from the same place then.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 21m
Thanks!
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 9h
A Garden Spider with her packed lunch.

#arachtober #invertebrates #arachnids #spider #GardenSpider #AraneusDiadematus #predation #CommonWasp #VespulaVulgaris #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A Garden Spider on her web, holding the partly wrapped body of a Common Wasp she has caught. She is a large orange-brown spider with small white patches on her back forming a kind of cross shape, and legs ringed in brown and fawn.
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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 6d
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins: Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright (Not sure if I spelled that right) What immortal hand or eye Could fashion such a stripy guy? What the hammer that hath hewn it Into such a chonky unit? Did who made the lamb make thee, Or an external franchisee?
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d
would this go with my silk scarf, Y/N
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 2d
Hi Guys! I'm sure you're looking forward to wearing this easy to wear, comfy, practical outfit next Spring designed by Duran Lantink for Jean Paul Gaultier. It's not gonna chafe at all!
A man in a long-sleeve V-neck bodysuit with shoulder pads and sandals. It doesn't look comfortable. Or warm. Or practical. I bet it isn't cheap either.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 3d
Many thanks Mary. 😊
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 3d
A Grey Heron in flight at NT Croome. @midsandeastnt.bsky.social
#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #Croome #NationalTrust 🪶
A Grey Heron in flight over a misty scrub field, with an autumn-leafed tree in the upper background, and a reed bed with bulrushes below. The bird is a large predatory wader, with an ash-grey back, tail, neck and wing coverts, dark blue-grey flight feathers, a white face, a blue-black crown, and streaky black and white markings on the front of its neck. Its long, sharp bill is orange, and its legs are brown.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 17d
Beauty spot:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341654...

#insects #invertebrates #odonata #dragonfly #SouthernHawker #AeshnaCyanea #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A male Southern Hawker clings to a quince tree leaf. He is a large dragonfly, and here he is shot in close-up, with only his head and thorax, his right-hand legs, and the tops of his wings in the frame. His face is yellow, with some dark markings that are unique to individual dragonflies. His eyes are bright blue in the centre, with brown along their forward edges, yellow below and behind, and green above. His thorax is brown, with two thick green-yellow stripes running down the front (colloquially known as "headlights", and unique to this species among UK dragonflies), and two running diagonally along each side. There are also a series of green-yellow markings on the top of his thorax, and around the insertions of his wings.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 18d
Many thanks Rob.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 18d
Predation:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341602...

#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #GreyHeron #ArdeaCinerea #birding #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography 🪶 #predation #StratfordUponAvon #insects #invertebrates #odonata #dragonfly #MigrantHawker #AeshnaMixta #UKWildlife #NatureWriting #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A juvenile Grey Heron, photographed in right profile, with only its head and neck and the top of its back and wings in shot. It's a large blue-grey bird with black and white markings on its breast, a white chin, and the beginnings of black plumes beginning to grow from the back of its head. Its bill is black above and orange below, and in it the Heron is holding a Migrant Hawker dragonfly it has caught. The dragonfly's wings are sticking out on either side of the bird's bill, and its head, with blue eyes, one foreleg and part of its body can just be seen in the narrow opening between the jaws.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 21d
Thanks Levon.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 21d
Batesian mimickry: a European Hornet, heavily armed at both ends, and its doppelgänger, the entirely harmless Hornet Hoverfly.
#insects #invertebrates #hornet #VespaCrabro #HornetHoverfly #VolucellaZonaria #ivy #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A European Hornet feeding on ivy. This is a fresh queen, feeding up before winter hibernation. She's about 3cm long, with a yellow head, read forehead, red C-shaped eyes, a red-brown thorax and waist, and a mainly yellow abdomen, patterned in brown. Her wings are brown, her antennae are pinkish-red, and her legs are red-brown. A female Hornet Hoverfly, feeding on ivy. Like the Hornet she mimics, this hoverfly has a yellow face, red eyes, a red-brown thorax and scutellum, and a yellow abdomen striped in brown black. Her wings are brown, and she has red-brown legs. She's smaller than the Hornet, at about 2cm long, but she's still an impressive insect.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 23d
Spirit animal:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341438...

#insects #invertebrates #odonata #dragonfly #MigrantHawker #AeshnaMixta #StratfordUponAvon #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A male Migrant Hawker in flight, shot in profile against a dark background, the dragonfly angled from the top right of the frame towards the bottom left. He is a medium-sized dragonfly with a white face, blue eyes, a brown thorax with two broad diagonal yellow stripes on the side, and a mosaic patterned blue and black abdomen.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 23d
Black Tern, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxon., 11/09/25.
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341429...

#birds #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #BlackTern #ChlidoniasNiger #Farmoor #FarmoorReservoir #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black. A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black. A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black. In this image it is just beginning to tip into a dive towards the water. A Black Tern in flight over a UK reservoir. In winter plumage, this small tern has grey upperparts, white underparts, a black cap, a white forehead, and a white collar with a dark smudge at the level of its eye. Its beak and legs are black.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 25d
Thanks Pru! They are a bit tricky!
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 26d
Thank you! 😊
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 26d
Many thanks Alan. 😊
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 26d
A Hummingbird Hawkmoth on red valerian in my Worcestershire garden.
#insects #invertebrates #moth #HummingbirdHawkmoth #MacroglossumStellatarum #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A Hummingbird Hawkmoth feeding from a patch of red valerian. This is a fairly large brown moth, with a white chin, pale underparts, and mosaic patches of cream, white, and black towards the rear of its body. Its forewings are brown with wavy black lines across them, and its hind wings are vivid orange. It has long black antennae, and an extremely long, black tongue, which allows it to feed from tube-shaped flowers while hovering above them.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · 26d
A male Migrant Hawker over a reed bed in the River Avon at Stratford.
#insects #invertebrates #odonata #dragonfly #MigrantHawker #AeshnaMixta #StratfordUponAvon #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A male Migrant Hawker in flight, shot in profile, the dragonfly angled from the top right of the frame towards the bottom left. He is a medium-sized dragonfly with a white face, blue eyes, a brown thorax with two broad diagonal yellow stripes on the side, and a mosaic patterned blue and black abdomen.
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adrianbbonnie.bsky.social @adrianbbonnie.bsky.social · 26d
SO MANY WTF STORIES THESE DAYS...🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯👇👇🤯
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thousands of tonnes of toxic landfill liquid added to sewage and spread on English farms
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · Sep 6
Larch Ladybird:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341107...

#insects #invertebrates #beetle #ladybird #LarchLadybird #AphidectaObliterata #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A Larch Ladybird, photographed on the arm of a wooden bench. It's a small beetle, 4-5mm long, with mid-brown, slightly spotty wing cases. There's a darker, smudgy line towards the back of each wing case, and another one along their junction. Its pronotum is pale, with a dark brown mark that vaguely resembles a smudgy 'M' or 'W'. Its face is black and white, its eyes are black, and its legs and antennae are brown.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · Sep 6
Red-legged Shieldbug in the rain.
#insects #invertebrates #bug #shieldbug #RedLeggedShieldbug #PentatomaRufipes #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A Red-legged Shieldbug stands on a wet heuchera leaf after a rain shower. The bug is large, with extended angular "shoulders". It's mainly a deep bronzy brown colour, but it has an orange spot at the tip of its scutellum, and the connexivum (the flattened edge of the abdomen) is chequered in cream and dark blue. Its legs are a deep orangey red, with tiny black spots. The leaf is a deep violet colour.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · Sep 5
Model:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341070...

#insects #invertebrates #odonata #dragonfly #SouthernHawker #AeshnaCyanea #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders
A female Southern Hawker hangs from a spent flower of a buddleja bush. She's a large dragonfly with a mosaic pattern of brown and apple green markings all over her body. Her face is yellow, and her eyes are yellow below and greeny-brown above, with a bright blue marking across the junction of the upper and lower zones. She's been shot in close-up, with only her head, legs, thorax, and the first section of her abdomen clearly visible, along with the bases of her wings, which are clear.
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Jill Orme @ormejks.bsky.social · Sep 4
Play time:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/341037...

#birds #gull #BlackHeadedGull #ChroicocephalusRidibundus #juvenile #UKBirds #BritishBirds #birding #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting 🪶
A juvenile Black-headed Gull, shot head-on. It seems to hang in the air, both wings outstretched, looking downwards and to its right, with its legs stretched downwards and feet splayed, and its beak open. It's mainly greyish-white, with brown tips to its wings and tail, and a small black smudge behind its eye. Its legs and feet are orange, and its beak is orange with a black tip. Below the bird is dark water, and behind it is a stone kerb and a bank covered with green foliage.
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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · Aug 29
Carnival last night here... 100th anniversary so very many in town waking to an even worse hangover than usual.

Usual madness dialled up to 11 - it was excellent - was dancing in the square to an excellent live funk and soul band until midnight.
A synchronised team of road cones. One is drinking a can of cider. A motorcycle trials rider in flowery dress, bunnyhopping over a jump, watched by someone riding an inflatable miniature pony. A man dressed in flying suit piloting a red "aeroplane" repurposed from a domestic oil tank. Two men dressed as Super Mario brothers driving miniature ride on lawnmowers.
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