... NATURE NOTES On the Preservation of Beauty There are other types of conflict in being to-day in addition to open warfare, to which the more enlightened countries are paying some active concern. And though these camps are mainly divided into two schools ...

... NATURE NOTES Parental Devotion Some time ago I mentioned that a pair of little owls had nested at one particular site for at least Seven years. As none of the offspring of this pair had been ringed 1 can only assume Where they went to. At long last, however ...

... NATURE NOTES Halcyon Days While watching a male kestrel hovering in the wind, another and smaller predatory bird attracted our attention. Straight towards us and skimming low over the upland pastures came a Little Owl. As he alighted on a wall we had ...

... NATURE NOTES Partial migrations Yes, the robins are back in the gardens again and persist and demanding attention. These may or may not be the same robins we had as guests last year, though their habits and weil-known friendliness lead us to think so ...

... NATURE NOTES Talking of flowers l If one begins to consider the number of our various kinds of ’w‘ud flowers, the list seems almost endless, If we add these, the ferns, ' mosses and fungi, one wonders whether it is possible to be able to 'identify them ...

... NATURE NOTES An Autumn Walk Apart from small flocks of lonk ewes and their full-grown lambs, the moors seemed empty indeed. Possibly the strong wind Kept most of the birds grounded, but occasionally we fiushed startled meadow pipits from the heather, ...

... NATURE NOTES ‘““Trespassers Prosecuted” The surface of the dam was as placid as the face of a mirror; nothing stirred, tranquility prevailed, and the residents were at peace—or so it seemed. Then suddenly a villain in the form of a large black rat entered ...

... NATURE NOTES Bird Preservation Of our rarer birds, perhaps a report of two Avocets paying a visit to Redmires Dam during the winter months is most notable. The observer is of the opinion that one of these beautiful black and white waders was an adult ...

... NATURE NOTES Winter Quarters The advent of frosty nights brings the time for the hedgehog to construct his winter nest. Creatures like the rabbit, stoat, weasel or fox have a thick furry coat and undercoat which give them ample protection against the ...

... NATURE NOTES Tracks in the Snow With the coming of snow we have once again the opportunity and pleasure of viewing the countryside in its covering of seasonal whiteness. ‘Occasionally, too, the trees and hedgerows, all so delicately arranged in strange ...

... NATURE NOTES Watery Wayfarers The white -g:lose, which was first noticed on the canal at Charlestown early this year, has for some monthg been in residence in the river at Hawksclough. No one seems to know who is the original owner of this bird, or, for ...

... NATURE NOTES Unwelcome visitors A large flock of starlings has recently taken up residence at a local poultry farm. Here we find them in numbers of up to 2,000 strong, and these unwanted and uninvited guests are stealing large quantities of feeding-stuffs ...