... NATURE NOTES These do not usually find their way into my column, but I was amused during the recent cold spell by the birds outside my Kkitchen window. I made a tactical error in throwing whole slices of & A 8 M A % Eoee . N ? 8 R ‘z::';—'” 5,h S . ...

... ensure Its survival against egg-collectors vandals or Sunday gunmen who may shoot at anything moving. I would hope in future Nature Notes to deal more fully with this problem of rarities, and, indeed, to publicise them if necessary, For example, the re-appearance ...

... column, “Land and Water,” has been a regular feature in the “Irish Press” for the last 31 years. Before that he wrote the ‘“Nature Notes’’ in the ‘‘Derry Journal” for 15 years. Commenting on the performances of his poem at the feis, Mr. O'Sullivan said he ...

... of birds, their habitats and habits. He made notes which were to become very useful later on when he began to contribute nature notes under the title “Land and Water” to the “Irish Press.” Earlier, he provided “‘Journal” readers with a weekly column for ...

... time he was close to becoming an expert. And so, for the last twenty years, he has been contributing his authoritative ‘‘Nature Notes” five times a week to a Dublin daily. He has written books of poetry and is now in the final lap with a book on the history ...

... writer and accomplished naturalist whose interest in bird and animal life is widely appreciated. He is the writer of the Nature Notes which are regular Derry Journal feature. First prize of £lOO was won Mr. Walter Macken. the actorauthor of the Abbey ...

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... NATURE NOTE: At Derry Petty Sessions Mrs. Isobel Josephine McCloskey, of Upper Oville, Dungiven, was fined £2, with £1 extra costs, for driving a motor car without due care and attention. ...

... NATURE NOTE Ear and Annulet The recent capture in West Donegal of three specimens of the Irish Ear, Hydraecia erinanensis, and the Scotch Annulet, Griophos myctillata, has aroused considerable interest in entomological circles. The first named moth is ...

... NATURE NOTE CAT'S-EAR CLOCKS T'O-day the Cat’s-Ear is in seed and the down from its flower-heads is flying all over the place. At a distance one gets the idea that the down the floating feathers some white bird killed by a hawk, for one finds it flying ...

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