... NATURE NOTES Water lilies and weasels in l sthe stretches yellow Of ,tIA D riversand m water lily now thrusts its blooms above die surface of the water. with its oval green leaves floating on the surface and appearing like large mats. After flowering ...

... NATURE NOTES Scarcity of butterflies CCIPARID with 29-30 years go. over the countryside an general. coloured butterflies are itarce these days. Smell numbers flit along railway embankmentssplendid reserves for wild life along roadside hedgbanks and in ...

... NATURE NOTES TEA PLANTS An interesting shrub, naturalised in some hedges, the Duke of Argyll's tea-plant, has arching stems which bear solitary purple flowers with flve petal-like lobes and long, protruding yellow anthers. The fruit is a scarlet egg-shaped ...

... NATURE NOTES Water lilies and weasels A BOUNDING in stretches of sti rivers and canals the yellaw water lily now thrusts its blooms above the surface of the water. with its oval green leaves floating on the surface and appearing like large mats. After ...

... NATURE NOTES @ NATURE NOTES by David Howarth 1f one 1s available. The voung cubs may not bother too ents will prevent their nll\firing from emerging if they get so much as a hint of danger. Some people use hides to watch badgers. Personally I find them ...

... Nature Notes attacking a tall, dead rowan tree in gearch of food. Comparisons with the 1963 winter will inevitably be made in terms of bird mortality, but the 1963 winter was known for the sheer ler;;th of time the frost lingered on and hopefully this ...

... Nature Notes October sees comings and goings in the bird world — late swallows walting for ideal migratory conditions yet tempted to stay with abundant supplies of insect life to be found. Yet already Scandinavian redwings and fieldfares have successfully ...

... NATURE NOTES four - year - old thumped the bass end of the piano s resoundingly. This. she said. is a giant. She moved to the other end This is a fairy. Then to the middle. And this a hooman bean. ...

... NATURE NOTES Botanical items noted in the “ Rugby Naturalist include winter aconite, which was found on the outskirts of the town early in March. Bird life reported recently include 19 golden plover at a local reservoir, while numbers .of goosander ...

... ® NATURE NOTES ¢ David Howarth At one time, mistletoe was very common in orchards, but with the advent of the modern, bushy varieties of apple tree, it ccurs far less fmuently. As a young plant, the mistletoe may well be overlooked, but as it grows into ...

... NATURE NOTES The gale force winds early in September not only brought down many trees and wrought much damage. They also brought with them many surprises in the bird Cormorants and shags, usually seen in ones and twos appeared in half dozens and more ...

... Nature notes THE first days of April seemed to indicate that yet another winter was approaching — with snow and sleet on the Ist, and frosts occuring daily until the sth — yet already summer migrant birds were in the area, with Wheatear being seen in ...