... Nature Notes D%hm weather of mid- r a pair of mallard were on the river below Brock Mill Lane, and in the cold, grey mist of early morining a grey sglmnel moved rapidly throuth the frost-covered grasses and medge down to the water’s Earlier, three more ...

... Worsley. Keeping in mind the size of the flock, my researches suggest that this is unprecendented in Greater Manchester. | Nature notes ...

... ,March 33,1988 25 Nature Notes mm“mg“’. Jmamw: mmm“ was killed by a cat in nearby blue tit was found dead : near Hall Lane, %'mww the Hindley Rnging Teum The current Hindley regcn compiled by Mr. Ray d.z-mmn.m&g species were t.bouulnl.’l.lnfih the total ...

... Nature Notes wait for There’s some anims) S el Easter While world has slept, many of the animals have been doing what they do best. . . producing babies guaranteed to make the visitors say “Aah”. Top of the animal pops league will be the two baby ringtail ...

... - Nature Notes As some of the last winter goldeneye were observed in a North West estuary and on Wigan’s Scotman’s Flash on a delightful Spring day, there was some evidence that the first of our “summer” birds had already arrived in Lancashire. We heard ...

... history societies before ill health restricted his activities. Mr. Brown, 67, of Westmount, Whelley, began writing his Nature Notes column for the Wigan Observer when he was in his early 20s and continued until three years ago. Latterly a similar column ...

... a variety ser- are available from Cindy, vices including meals on . Sarah or Jenny on 0695 wheels, housebound li- 33737 Nature Notes THERE are few birds harder to find when you search for them than the Jack Snipe. This week I've had the fortune to ‘bump ...

... Nature Notes THE winds of the last flocks of blue, great and few days have shook off coal tits. what few remaining I found some massive leaves still clung to the birch bracket fungi on a trees around the cottage. tatty birch tree - prob- It's amazing ...

... Nature Notes IT was minus six degrees centigrade when I left the cottage. The woodlands had been painted by frost and the freezing fog was still low on the ground. I wasn't expecting to see much, it was more of an early morning wander than a birdwalk ...

... Nature Notes 1 RECEIVED a letter last week from a friend who's working in Kenya at the moment and he was asking about the weather - How's winter?' ; He then goes on to say how much he misses the English weather (Yeah, but then who doesn't when you are ...

... Nature Notes THE weather had kept us indoors for the day so I decided to amuse Danielle by going through some old books to see what we could find. We decised a game with that brillianat book by W.B. Lockwood on the origins of British Bird Names. The ...

... Nature Notes WINTER is probably, no definitely, my favourite season of the year. Without getting into too much purple prose, it is a time when the land sleeps, a quiet introspective time when only a few people are out and about in the countryside. Yet ...