... Nature note . . Naturalist and TV travel personality Johnny Morris will officially open Birmingham'’s Cannon Hill nature centre on April 19, ...

... NATURE NOTE IT is a few weeks ago that our last Natural History Society notes appeared, but a correspondent has followed up with a few more observations. He _states that he saw a clouded yellow butterfly only ‘once dur.ng the summer (flying over Bilton ...

... Nature note s walking through nd heather near Chy with my uncle, when a grasshopper warbler ther and nearby a rc - We made our way o\ the resting warbler 0 look into the heath. 1g a high-pitched che: first thought was of th young. We search minutes or ...

... Nature note I was walking through ¢ gorse and heather near Ch: water, with my uncle, when spotted a grasshopper warbler the heather and nearby a ro bunting. We made our way o towards the resting warbler began to look into the heath Hearing a high-pitched ...

... Form, G. Golby (collection of various kinds of leaves) : Upper IV., L. Langdon (best nature note book in Upper School) ; Lower Illa., M. Wilkinson (best nature note book in Lower School) ; Upper lIIa. won the sports picture presented by the staff; Lower ...

... NATURE NOTES The gale force winds early in September not only brought down many trees and wrought much damage. They also brought with them many surprises in the bird Cormorants and shags, usually seen in ones and twos appeared in half dozens and more ...

... Nature notes THE first days of April seemed to indicate that yet another winter was approaching — with snow and sleet on the Ist, and frosts occuring daily until the sth — yet already summer migrant birds were in the area, with Wheatear being seen in ...

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... NATURE NOTES The Swift — almost the last ‘‘pee-a-wit” and the flock of our summer visiting birds slowly spirals into the sky on §E;nr:(lonhnve - to arrive — is certainly the broad, heavy wings. ' first to depart. Now and again Ruff and the This year has ...

... NATURE NOTES Botanical items noted in the “ Rugby Naturalist include winter aconite, which was found on the outskirts of the town early in March. Bird life reported recently include 19 golden plover at a local reservoir, while numbers .of goosander ...

... NATURE NOTES ml'tw';wd come gliding down, without a flap of its ‘wiflos, from far along the water, to ——————————————————— alight just out of the water opposite my hiding place. water, heralding its approach It landed ponderously, as yith the usual high-pitched ...

... Nature notes ONE is so used to looking for voodpeckers on the trunks of rees that to see one on the sround usually evokes surprise. vet the green woodpecker is often there. 1 was sitting in some open woodland, and in the middle distance a bird was working ...