... NATURE NOTE. Writes W. G. in the “Yorkshire Observer *:— Few of the spring and summer species which came the woodlands to breed April favour such situations any longer. Willow warblers remain in numbers. The youngsters look much more yellow than their ...

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... NATURE NOTE BY MILLWAY It Is a pleasing sight in the autumn to see the gulls following the plough, accompanied often by the peewits ano l rooks. So bold is the greedy gull, that • when he discovers that the industrious ploughman is bent on his own task ...

... NATURE NOTE OWLS AND THEM FOOD Even in these days of field e Nature classes old beliefs die heed curiously true of that particular greg o which attributed goat emcking to the coweuoking to the hedgehog, and to the cuckoo and or!. And it i g this week ...

... NATURE NOTE \yHAT ii true time to-morrow, 0? I rack my brains, but do not know. Two hours fast the clocks will Greenwich Mean Time; yes, that's so—■ But experts tell me—experts, ho!! The cocks will crow Two hours slow; But what about the brooks that flow ...

... Nature Note RABBIT ME The old farm work over the gate and coppice wood whet catchers were at 0 and nets. . the bunnies holes they were ' rolled in the net and* I commented on tn and fine feeding of the old man had I was young, January meat; we meat after ...

... NATURE NOTE The advent of Spring with its remarkably fine weatner ana the almost sudden activities associated with this season of the year is a rare tonic to the warweary people, and the prospect of an early end to the war has added to the appreciation ...

... NATURE NOTE A correspondent writes that: Whatever 1936 may hold for any individual one of them, it will be a year full of interest to nature lovers in general, for whatever goes on in the world of hay-day, go-day,’ the lanes and fields, the quiet woods ...

... NATURE NOTE HABITS THIS ISOM Ocionel R. F. writiag in The Field, t ryst—The onlinary mole heaps that everybody familiar with are not habr.a liana, an many potions imagine. for these are technically its workings, tne plum. where i: hods for prey, end ...

... NATURE NOTE FLORISTS’ DAFFODILS “There are more than 500 different florists’ varieties of daffodils,” writes J.S. “but to most people the daffodil is simply a beautiful yellow flower proclaiming tuat winter is over. The name is the Greek “asphodeles” ...

... NATURE NOTE BULLFINCHES AND BUDS “A pair of bull-filnches are now regUarly visiting this and neighbouring Mr- Jens.” writes A.P., of Burton Agnes. 'Th O brilliance of their plumage, especially the male, has to be seen to be appreciited. The seed pods ...

... Nature Note COTTAGE yg On the cottage . a thin sheet of flower tohich come ilr spring. It is not ...