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

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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... 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 ...

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... £ NATURE NOTES & £ BILL SIMMS & We do know that a snail’s eye is merely a lens backed by a very simple form of retina, and it is doubtful if it can distinguish more than between light and dark. However, it is possible that it does give a dim, blurred ...

... Nature Notes Chiming charmer 1 vou saw a little greyish-brown bird with prim[, ‘ose yellow underparts flitting about the rose “shes in your garden this summer, more likely han not it was a willow warbler, one of the comonest and most widely distributed ...

... Nature Notes MIGRATORY MARTIN THE smallest member of the swallow tribe, this species has a broad brown band across its white breast, its upper parts are earth brown, the tail is only slightly forked, which is a good guide to its identity when the bird ...

... R NATURE ; NOTES | by BILL SIMMS | stantly puzzled me, but recently 1 noticed something sig- nificant During a very hot spell the plants in my garden looked slightly wilted, Is it possible that they do not stand hot weather very well and need the coolness ...

... NATURE NOTES ntttttttscsttttzsby BILL SIMMS N a long valley way out the wild I have often .ched animals and birds m a comfortable grassy k. n in winter it is fairly rtable, provided I am ‘rapped up, for the gorse hiding me form fairly e in the way of ...