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NATURE NOTES

... NATURE NOTES. In a meadow adjoining Roughton Hall, a partridge made her nest in a siight depression of the surface. The meadow was, in due course, mown, the mower .passing his scythe over her without injuring her, and unaware of her presence, the depression ...

Published: Saturday 01 August 1903
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 356 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

e RECORDS OF NATURE NOTES

... e RECORDS OF NATURE NOTES. CHAPTER lIL 3 1 “ The great charm of Woodh'n!l Spa is its *‘ Rus ...

Published: Saturday 25 February 1899
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1692 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

~ RECORDS OF WOODHALL SPA. NATURE NOTES

... ~ RECORDS OF WOODHALL SPA. NATURE NOTES. CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.) The Hen-Harrier (circus cyaneus), a more active pird than the buzzard, is another of the * Ichapoda.” Its last known nesting place was on the jop of * The Tower on the Moor,}j near Woodhall ...

Published: Saturday 11 March 1899
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1743 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SATURDAY, MARC ~ RECORDS OF‘ WOODHALL S NATURE NOTES,

... SATURDAY, MARC ~ RECORDS OF‘ WOODHALL S NATURE NOTES, CHAPTER IV.—(Continued. The Hen-Harrier (circus cyaneaus), a 1 pird than the buzzard, is another of 1 pods.” T 8 last known nesting place ¥ gop of * The Tower on the Mooc.{“nm Asa boy,the writer has ...

Published: Saturday 11 March 1899
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1392 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

~ RECORDS OF WOODHALL SPA. NATURE NOTES. CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.)

... ~ RECORDS OF WOODHALL SPA. NATURE NOTES. CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.) . k game were found on the s::’?née:::l:g ongtog'r‘he Ostler Plantations,” n;;w but thoagh one still heard of them * in the ‘orfieg,” they were then either extinot or & rapidly vanishing ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1899
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3943 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

¢ATURDAY, FEBRU R RECORDS OF wOODHALL S NATURE NOTES. CHAPTER 111

... ¢ATURDAY, FEBRU R RECORDS OF wOODHALL S NATURE NOTES. CHAPTER 111 The great charm of Woodhall Spa is n Urbe » character. Tl_u vi'sit.or can h for ten minutes in any direction from hi Jodginge but he finds himself by the amODg the hedgerows or on the beath ...

Published: Saturday 25 February 1899
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1391 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HOPTON IRONWORKS, HORNCASTL TURNIP CUTTERS. CHAFF CUTTERS, PULPERS. CAKE BREAKERS. NATURE NOTES

... HOPTON IRONWORKS, HORNCASTL TURNIP CUTTERS. CHAFF CUTTERS, PULPERS. CAKE BREAKERS. NATURE NOTES. CHAPTER IV.—(Continued. ears ago black game were fou xgpfi called now *The Ostler P but thoogh one still heard of the| flfi“, they were theAn oi‘:‘bu extm:l ...

Published: Saturday 04 March 1899
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1432 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A STORY ABOUT RATS

... A STORY ABOUT RATS. « Nature Notes” mentions a curious incident which was witnessed at Belper. Late one afternoon three rats were seen crossing a yard from the direction of the fowl-house. Bne rat had a hen's eggb:)etween its fore-legs and its mouth, ...

Published: Saturday 18 January 1902
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS

... STRICTLY FOR THE BIRDS Nature notes do not usually find their way into these columns, but | was amused during the recent cold spell by the birds outside my kitchen windows. I made a tactical error in throwing whole slices of bread out of the door, instead ...

Published: Thursday 22 January 1970
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 382 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

RECORDS OF WOODHALL SPA. DENIZENS OF THE WOODS, &e

... to hunt him, and the plucky, smaller dog, who “draws” him from his retreat. It takes a good dog to beard the badger. (4) Nature Notes, vol. v., 1804, p. 98. (5) The late Mr E. R. Alston, F.Z.S., Selbourne Magazine, Vol. ii., p. 169. 8 (6) Mr W. Cartmell ...

Published: Saturday 18 March 1899
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3758 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

NOTES AND NOTIONS

... This was carried. l LARKS OR SPARROWS? ~ Larks are now often in the ménu. They make, in truth, a delicate meat, but, asks Nature Notes, is it agreeable with Selbornian feeling to eat them ? They are being consumed by tens of thousands, and are rapidly d ...

Published: Saturday 15 January 1898
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2179 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

WENT ON ALL FOURS. Pitiable state to which weakness following Influenza brought a lady, and of which Dr. ..

... damages, so to avoid this, the parents of selected patients must give their consent to the motor-car trips A writer in “Nature Notes” states that there are unusual numbers of gadwall on the waters at Euston this spring—quite 150. This is curious, for in ...

Published: Saturday 16 May 1903
Newspaper: Horncastle News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2364 | Page: 7 | Tags: none