... NATURE NOTES sssasnunene Suddenly a quick movement caught my eye. Something fairly large was also making for the water., and I hurried over to intercept it, A crab with a shell about six inches long was scurrying from a shallow pool to catch up with the ...

... NATURE NOTES This intrigued me, for such fish are usually easy to spot, and I searched more intensively. Another dimple showed a little higher upstream, and this time I caught sight of a much larger fish than I had expected. Again I searched diligently ...

... NATURE NOTES 1 was reminded of this when approaching a . little stream the other day, My path was through a rather dense wood, and just ahead of me I heard the sharp whistle of a kingfisher These birds fly so fast, and are so very wary, that I took great ...

... NATURE NOTES the grub-like larvae start feeding on the aphids. This grub has a peculiar shape, being narrow at the feeding end and broad at the rear. At the front, instead of a head, it has two catching claws, with which it catches and tears open its ...

... NATURE NOTES Time was when the country folk at least, knew the ditference between this legless lizard and a' real snake; but nowadays it seems that only a few people bother to learn the difference, and the rest just kill everything in sight. I may sound ...

... NATURE NOTES The antics of a fox which had just appeared at the end of the valley caught my attention. It was searching over the ground with its nose down as if following a scent, With my Dbinoculars I searched around to see if I could spot its quarry ...

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... NATURE NOTES During a dry, mild spell this winter I noticed a fairly large blackish beetle, about an inch long, making its way through the opened back door towards the kitchen. I followed it. : A A few drops of water had been spilled on the tiles in one ...

... NATURE NOTES A bedraggled book lying in bare, sterile conditions, | a hedge brought the thought Some small, fairly dry to my mind, for running about leaves were then offered, as between the driest of the the most probable source of pages were some of ...

... NATURE NOTES -entering the water. I have kept _careful ~watch during the -spring ,0f three consecutive Kears. and each time this has - happened. . e The reason is probably a the warmer pond. Once it was combination of various causes, about a ‘week ahead ...

... NATURE NOTES Sure enough, less than ten minutes had passed before 1 caught sight of the animal once more, It came rustling through the undergrowth along the tiny path between two large clumps of grass, and then scuttled deeper into the hedge. 3 Twice ...

... NATURE NOTES. % sesnees ssensassansnsaenes ¥ place, I know one tiny’ pond—one would think it not really big enough to support a moorhen—where a mallard rears its brood each year. But from now on there will be a gradual increase in the sightings of wild ...