... Nature Note. Nature Note. my cull are 1141 on the You Cll.l As this is being written, it is Sunday afternoon. The scene outside is all Sabbatical cam; the people have eaten and now sleep. The seed of boredom is sown and growing apace. The sun shines, ...

... Nature Note Dog Roses THKRE Is a rabbit-haunted bank where In June wild rose bushes provide a veritable garden of roses, an unforgettable picture at the height of their blooming. Gleaming satln- Ilke in the summer sun. a shimmer of pink and white, budding ...

... NATURE NOTE A Missing Bird THE corncrake mlsslni from many of its haunts in the Treat Valley and other porta of Nottinghamshire. At one time the llelda and cornlands rdnnd here abounded with these elusive but noisy birds, whose nests, complete with clutches ...

... NATURE NOTE The Nuthatch RECENTLY nuthatches have been observed In Notts- rhietv in the wooded areas Thoresby Park, also one two have been glimpsed among trees on the outskirts. The nuthatch a bird worth looking for In your country walks, for not only ...

... Nature Note Orchard Beauty ’II,’HAT lovelier picture can r..u OU * **« ,han the full-bliMsomed apple trees in Me orchards Now the season «r *. nd Promise—a wealth and white and red forenr , ** ,,0 P». a bumper crop of rosy-rellow fruit later in the ** ...

... NATURE NOTE LURED out by the fitful Funshine of the early year, the modest bud of the lesser grubwort can be seen peering through the dead leaves in the lane, while the little agaricus campestris may (or 'pay not) be spotted peeping nervously round the ...

... NATURE NOTE In The Lane PLEASANT the old Une in late summer when the last of the harebells are their (airyllke cnps In the wind. On the banks the brlfht yellow stars of the hawkweed and the rich purple of the knapweed make comrastlnf colour acainst the ...

... Nature Note The Elder s Autumn Beauty AMONG the shni. during these da>. ry, autumn's heautlfyln; tiroMi tinting every leaf torn colouring, the elder ji wr arrests e admlrato «i Nature-lover. Just 1:1 familiar compound In tints from pale Irram to mauve ...

... Nature Note Restful Stream THE beck comes chattering and hurrying along, chuckling aloud with the very Joy of the varied life which glows along Its marly banks. There something ever fascinating about the running waters, fresh and clear from a hundred ...

... NATURE NOTE * Owls OWLS arf fairly plrnUful In Noltlnihamshlrp and the Vale Belvolr. The Little Owl now well-established, and differs somewhat from other species In habit of hunting by day as well as nt dusk. This small owl—about the size of partridge—makes ...

... NATURE NOTE BY A QUIET STREAM JHERE are few better ways of spending a sunny September morning than by walking along the banks of a stream. My wanderings took me along the River Blythe meal. Stonebrkige, and few walks this year have been more delightful ...

... Nature Note Sir, —It may interest some of your readers to know that, on Sunday, a peacock butterfly was observed in the backgarden. This beautiful butterfly does not usually make its appearance until towards the end of July. It is probable that this one ...