... NATURE NOTES Perhaps their small sizeabout three inches or slightly more—angd their dull greyishgreen colour, are the reasons, but I must admit that I have frequently searched for them in vain. That is until 1 realised that they are strictly nocturnal ...

... NATURE NOTES reseninesanss u-‘u-nnu >* A bramble thorn, I thought at first, but when 1 examined the npatch of weed I saw a small, half-inch long, beetleshaped creature moving there. It was a water scorpion. This &ind of water scorpion is not poisonous ...

... NATURE NOTES Of course, we know that from time to time a species increases in numbers during one season, and that usually causes a population explosion. It is possible that when this occurs at the same time as favourable weather conditions for the migration ...

... NATURE NOTES Although the nest is extremely exposed — anyone walking near could easily see it—l have hopes that the isolation of this small lake, and the difficult country surrounding it, will be sufficient to ensure solitude until the youngsters hatch ...

... NATURE NOTES lesnanasannannns 3 When I arrived there were two small badgers dead, and the dogs and youths were just killing the mother. I was too late to save her, but I managed to get the attention of the young fellows, and stop any further cruelty. ...

... NATURE NOTES Having heard it on some previous -occasions I knew it for the churring song of a nightjar, but once again I realised how difficult it is to describe this song to anyone who has never heard it. Nightjars are not easy to see because their ...

... NATURE NOTES He was catching roach, and throwing back some rather small ones. The others were being kept alive in a large net sunk in the water’s edge. When asked why he was keeping the large ones he explained that he was going to eat them. being fond ...

... NATURE NOTES One pied wagtail that fre- quently Jandson my houseroof poin n e pas _.qaal, In often flies down into the gar- fact, my thinking had been den, but even there, where hazy, there are many. insects for it At once 1 determined to to find on the ...

... NATURE NOTES HOLY ISLAND | #emmseissnesaens CROSSINGS T o 326 Sunday: 9.13 a.m, to 4.16 p.m. and 9.46 p.m. to 4.17 a.m. Monday: 947 am. to 4.50 p.m, and 1020 p.m. to 4.53 am. Tuesday: 10.23 a.m. to 5.27 p.m. and 10.57 p.m. to 5.34 am. ~ Wednesday: 11 ...

... NATURE NOTES Although the sun was warm the air in the cave struck chill. Great festoons of seaweed draped over the rocky ledges, hanging all around the cave walls. In one corner was a small rock pool, and I went towards it. Leaning over to see what occupants ...

... NATURE NOTES crown of the head. and some brown along ‘the normally black back—though not so much as in the female, which is predominately brownish. There were about ten birds within my siaht, and four of them were definitely black and white. Obviously ...

... NATURE NOTES from, its larval stage—a totally dissimilar looking creature—it is approximately full size. The smaller beetles are -always of a different species. One kind that is just over half-an-inch long is Ilybius ater, the Mud-dweller. This ‘one ‘is ...