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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 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 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 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 FTER the heavy rain the and the y.% sun came out, warmth of it seemed to be to the bringing insect life the surface. judging b activity of numerous black- birds working hard on the lawn. They worked in twos and threes. but I noticed that ...
... 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 IT was impossible sleep, for again and again I had been awakened bv the hooting of the tawny owls. In desperation rose and went to the window. There were fewer than five tawnv owls holding a concert in the garcfen! Presumably thev were youngsters ...
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... 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 ...
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