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... 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 by Norman Fordyce ...

... Nature Notes V*ANY species of birds increase and decrease periodically and it is difficult to explain why. Take for example the whitethroat. This little warbler has been vctv uncommon in recent vears around Banchorr, but this season his vocal and rather ...

... 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. THE INDIAN SUMMER- spring comes in by fits and winter approaches halting. that this is so. If winter came upoi a tropical night there would ensue tude of ills. We should lieS t,ioo each harvest-end. It might £ a the human race cou ...

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... NATURE NOTES NIOHT or two ago. the silence was broken bv the yelping cries of pink-footed geese. The young birds of this species have a cry that reminds one of young dogs. A few minutes later there came the well-known call of the tawny owl EWICK, EWICK ...

... NATURE NOTES t|THE sparrows that dwell beside my cottage have been extremely noisy lately. Their strident chatterlngs and cheepings have been raucous in the extreme, especially when they are settling to roost in the bushes. Yet a day or two ago, all was ...

... NATURE NOTES. THE CUCKOO. (CUCULUS Who does not atop to listen to the , of the cuckoo—young folks arrested novelty, and older ones trains two*' reflections? How much there is in' fold note cannot be told even 'by a 6peC1 ' lees than hour, and by that ...

... NATURE NOTES. the blooming heather. our early forefathers neglected °harms of the heather plants and have left no folk-lore concerning them, the defect has been more than supplied by tiie place given them in modern literature and the sentiment and decorations ...

... Nature Notes . . The day after, I met Mr Jim Colvin who always has a good story from the wild. His latest was no exception. His neighbours next door at number one Witch-hill Road, Fraserburgh, Mr and Mrs John Mitchell, have a large garden with trees and ...