... Nature Notes FROM the neighbourhood of Banchory three interesting nature items have come my way. The small son of Mr Arthur Strachan. Tiliybreck. Banchory. found a young hare Ueveretl in a field which hod apparently been orphaned. Being very fond ot animals ...

... Nature Notes NLY a few davs ago a man said to me: “I see that the rooks are gathering at their usual nesting place. Surel) they cannot be thinking o! setting-up house before the end o the year? Of course, the answer was “No although the rook is one of ...

... Nature Notes UTSIDE my cottage is a la e field, part of which is Ai a r birds of many dav (as 80 often in the ) I.was not os and came in i fashion. In the distance, the birds to thrushes, “Bot sone thrushes do usually appear in part like t As the birds ...

... Nature Notes PART from robin or two xx and the usual collection of sparrows, there have been very few interesting birds in and around the garden during the past few weeks. One afternoon last week, however, something unusuai DID appear. Perched on bush ...

... Nature Notes ,4 LMOST whenever you walk in the countryside just now, a trio of oystercatchers fly above you crying all the while in their plaintive voices. This ‘'eternal triangle is characteristic of the oystercatchers. You will often see trio of the ...

... Nature notes HIGH up in the moorlands a flock of birds came swinging down from the skies, rose again, and finally landed some short distance away. Their soaring and skimming flight was similar to rnanv wading birds seen lie coast, and a moment later the ...

... Nature Notes ■VEAR to the road and 1A trees a disused sandpit—at leasi du~ used bv man! Within much feathered life and along the face of the sand were numerous holes homes of sand-martins. For a time no adult birds were visible but eventually numbers ...

... NATURE NOTES rolling sand dunes These were mergansers--those *■ Forvte stretched far ahead large, saw-billed birds whose' sanctuary. t>f eider ducks, short legs are placed so far terr.s and many other birds back on their bodies that: the tide gradually ...

... NATURE NOTES fItHAT starlings are gregari* birds is proved bv the great flocks that one sees from time to lime, and their chatterings always seem to suggest that the large family very cheerful and livelv one. It was unusual, therefore, to see solitary ...

... Nature Notes Geology excursions, led by Dr William Fraser the Geology Department, Aberdeen Unlvenlty, have met with great success among members of Northern Naturalists Club and no doubt an outing on Sunday to the Glenesk area will be no exception. A special ...

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... NATURE NOTES Although the sun shone brightly the other day, there was little warmth in it; indeed the air was bitterly cold, with strong westerly wind that suggested snow—at least on the high ground. Never had the countryside been so barren and devoid ...