... NATURE NOTE The wicket at Leeds was under water to-day, and seagulls revelled in the rippling pools. Evidently they had arrived, overnight, from Old Trafford. TWO DEAD IN LORRY'S SWERVE Wigan Widow In Fatal Crash INQUEST COMMENT Inquest verdicts of ...

... A Nature Note Pressed by the recent h» weather, wood pigeons are feeding on ivy berries earlier in the season than usual (says “A. T. J.”). one wishes they would confi their attentions more exclusively such fare, for they are real to the grower of winter ...

... TO-DAY'S NATURE NOTE A SAVINGS RECORD BEST IN HISTORY OF SAVINGS BANK At itonday's Liverpool National %eines &Emotive Committee ineetinsi it was stated by the actuary of the Liverritlistings Bank 151 r. Neil U. ionilsont that the month ending' February ...

... To-day's Nature Note. 80 , iar. the low pivltati• of • lordher •nrts: Summer. • munesitluwt binl o t4 death. Autumn. • cutely, lineriney Wietrr. • pause—the rmnstn I tray iskea —Witham blorr.. The Seasons' Harmony. ...

... A Nature Note During a recent brief between spells of winter . austere mood, a missel Jp heard'*hi full voice (says “A-and, intermittently across t' ...

... A NATURE NOTE There is an entry on January 7, 1931, three years after the one entry shout the falling out with his wife, continued Mr. Allen, in which the accused writes. ' A night of keen frost. The heavy fog give.. a wonderful appearance to all ...

... A Nature Note Many practical land worker > long realised the value of a source .potash—most tial of element’s in the of food crops. Land on which redundant fern has been so rich in that plant food tn are being urged to grow potat*? bracken-infested areas ...

... A Nature Note The bird-table becomes more pop 1 * day by day (says T. J.”) bird, thrushes, dunnocks, f al ! three sorts of tits, chaffinches, r° redwings, and an occasional representing nearly dozen £l species. Fat of some kind essential in winter, we ...

... A Nature Note The rich crops of the field are repeat 01 in the hedgerow (says “A. T. J.”’). fruiting shrubs are laden with 3,1 abundance of bright berries. The rowafl’ usually the first to colour, are being stripped of their heavy clusters improvident ...

... A Nature Note Thrushes have come back to garden after an absence of months (writes “A. T. J..”)- Not entire absence, for a few we b ' had all along, but their are considerably augmented, is evidence that they have sotf® where wintered well. It is however ...

... A Nature Note The blackthorn is always so capricious in its flowering date (says “A. T. ,T.”) that it seems to be little affected the weather conditions. But this veor it, in common with so many other plants, appeal’s to have endured such a shock from ...

... A Nature Note If the red squirrel ever was a plete hibernater (says A. T. J”) it ? -1 become more and more apparent durdh recent years that it has definmh abandoned the process. It may, creature that it is, make a warm nest and therein spend an occasio^ ...