... Nature Note tTHIS story invites contemptuous disbelief. It comes from a correspondent who says was lately beside the Upper Wharfe, quietly but alertly observing Nature, when he saw rabbit chase a stoat. Or, he says, it may have been weasel. The rabbit ...

... Nature Note ON the outskirts of Hull, according to report, a motorist spotted two large wild animals with ruffled fur round their necks. Police inquiries revealed that they were Irish 'wolfhounds. Not, as might have been supposed, a couple of spivs ...

... 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 ‘THE SWALLOWS RETURN They come back year after year, the swallows and martins, to delight vs with their flight. They are frail, but the power of their flight is magical. Free and swift their flight is. the fiighl of beings used to wide spaces ...

... NATURE NOTE From time to tune Interesting specimens in natural history make their appearance in this locality,, and a few days ago Mr C. P. Turner took a very line example the female Garden Tiger Moth (Arctia Caja), and Mrs Wilson found male of the same ...

... 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 MR. J. Bentley, the president of 4 Todmorden Natural History Society. reports the visit to Centre Vale Park of two uncommon migrants, the garden warbler and blackcap warbler. Both birds can be seen and heard -in our cloughs, g:rticularly in ...

... Nature Note THE WOODPECKERS For some reason not easily to be ascertained, we have, during the past few years, been favoured with the presence of several species of birds which have not previously been able to establish themselves in oyy local woods. Al]of ...

... o D o A NATURE NOTE o JENNY WREN writes: “The handsome, though uncommon goldfinch was seen in the Colden Valley last week. It is one of the smaller finches, very dainty in its ways and with a pretty little song ‘which has made it the special prey of ...

... Nature Note By “MCiWAY” You may have' seen a “hairy worm” hurrying quickly, but In an aimless fashion, over garden paths in early summer. It should then seem to be at the mercy of the birds; but against all except the cuckoo its hairy coat is almost a ...

... YA A t ;'f'a A Nature Note For March THINGS TO LOOK FOIL March Is a very busy month In the countryside. It is an &when- Girls Who Cause Anxiety IttAILNLNO TO ALL, ...

... busman's holiday so I make no apologies for intruding the catastrophe of the sheep farms into what was intended to be 4 nature note. Rather would I plead with those who are spending Eastertide 'n the Dales to find out for themselves the realities of a ...