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... Nature Notes Moore • Taylor Photo: Page & Meadowcroft Mr NOEL Joseph Moore and Miss Bernice Ann Taylor were married at St Joseph's Church, Heywood. The groom, an escavator operator, is the youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs J Moore of Naas, County Kildare ...

Published: Thursday 05 September 1974
Newspaper: Heywood Advertiser
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 84 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

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... Nature Notes WORTHINGTON Lakes had a bit of a twitch on in a reed bed with a milk bottle, blowing slowly last weekend when a very lucky birder (no names, over the top of it to make its call. no pack drill) found a first for the site. It's never been a ...

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... Nature Notes WE HAD our first garden hedgehog fumbling about this week. Sometimes it's hard to believe that an animal so small can make so much noise' It really does live up to its name of hedge-hog - Shakespeare named it hedge pig or urchin more than ...

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... Nature Notes Much to the obvious displeasure of the other re7ident birds, a cuckoo is resident in Birtle Deane. From dawn till dusk the wellknown call can be heard. Each time he settles there is an attack made upon him by those who would bid him move ...

Published: Thursday 06 June 1974
Newspaper: Heywood Advertiser
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 260 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

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... Nature Notes IPNE of the advantages enjoyed by the naturalist living in Heywood is the proximity of open stretches of moorland. The view to the north from the town is dominated by the flat-topped eminence of Knowl Hill (1,375 ft). Hailstorm Hill (1,550 ...

Published: Thursday 04 July 1974
Newspaper: Heywood Advertiser
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 561 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

Nature Notes

... Nature Notes IF vou're heading north for your summer break this vear to the Highlands of Scotland beware of 4': stone rodents! Next month beavers are being released back into the wild along with corncrakes and red kites. 2 The birds shouldn't pose a problem ...

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... nature notes THE GREAT WHITE SHARK: Seen in Britain this summer them to exceed 20ft in length and weigh in at around 3419 kg! Terra firma seems the best bet. Th e summer was also very good for some butterflies. I've never seen as many speckled wood and ...

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... nature notes that could devastate his harvest. The bee on the other hand is looked on as mostly a welcome visitor to gardens and is known as the little servant of God and it is thought to be extremely unlucky to kill one. Bees played an incredibly important ...

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... Nature notes It is now safe u} report that two pairs o wfig duck (Nrallard) have nested in the Douglas Valley below Wigan Lane. On May 23rd a brood of seven were on the River Douglas on the fringe of the lower Flantations. Ten days ater, on June 2nd, a ...

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... Nature Notes WE were sat toasting crumpets on a blazing log fire the other night discussing which wood burned the best. We'd had some dry cherry logs which although not the best burning log doesn’t half smell good through the house. Over Christmas a friend ...