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Nature Note ^ MIGRANTS RESTING ON ¦ :- . ; \ . ¦ ¦ - ' passage -. ? i ^ -:- - -: ; - Flaming June Green-Fly ..

... Nature Note ^ MIGRANTS RESTING ON ¦ :- . ; \ . ¦ ¦ - ' passage -. ? i ^ -:- - -: ; - Flaming June Green-Fly Destroyers Wild . Flowers Galore Apart from a few laggards of -various species ^ the / spring / passage througli ^^ Fair lisle is practically ...

Published: Saturday 17 June 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1542 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Nature Notes PINE WOOD PLANTS DISAPPEARANCE AFTER FELLING OPERATIONS Midsummer in Clydesdale Snakes in Arran

... Nature Notes PINE WOOD PLANTS DISAPPEARANCE AFTER FELLING OPERATIONS Midsummer in Clydesdale Snakes in Arran One obvious result of the extensive felling of timber during the war . is the disappearance of several plants characteristic of pine woods . Among ...

Published: Saturday 24 June 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1380 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Nature Notes ON THE BASS ROCK INCREASE OF NESTING -GULLS Purple Orchids Birds of the Marshes Wild Geese m Exile

... Nature Notes ON THE BASS ROCK INCREASE OF NESTING -GULLS Purple Orchids Birds of the Marshes Wild Geese m Exile Since my last visit-to the Bass in 1939 many changes have occurred amongst the animals and plants there . During the . war it is said that ...

Published: Saturday 01 July 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1405 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Nature Notes ON RAILWAYSIDES TERRACES OF SUMMER FLOWERS Swimming Heron

... Nature Notes ON RAILWAYSIDES TERRACES OF SUMMER FLOWERS Swimming Heron Railwav cuttings and embankments , like fleldend-rigs , hedge-bottoms , and other un « cultivated boundary strips , may often be bright borders to a traveller ' s way . On a double ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1332 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Nature Notes JULY SINGERS BIRD MELODISTS IN EAST LOTHIAN An Arran Seal

... Nature Notes JULY SINGERS BIRD MELODISTS IN EAST LOTHIAN An Arran Seal The great song period of the year is drawing to a close , and already many birds havt ceased singing . But some persist , and then music is all the more welcome because it is hoard ...

Published: Saturday 15 July 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1389 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Nature Notes A ROSS-SHIRE WALK STAGS AND HINDS ON THE HIGH TOPS Cliff Flowers Golden Eagles and Lambs

... Nature Notes A ROSS-SHIRE WALK STAGS AND HINDS ON THE HIGH TOPS Cliff Flowers Golden Eagles and Lambs Meadow pipits—some flocking—and a few grouse , were the only birds seen as W { approached some high ground in Ross-shire across several miles at heather ...

Published: Saturday 22 July 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1459 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Points of view WEATHER OUTLOOK AUGUST LIKELY TO BE A POOR HOLIDAY MONTH Mr Aitlee and Scotland Tim Scottish ..

... g and aecui'tile observer . —I am &c . ft , I . M , Roxburghshire . July 25 , 1950 Sin , —The interesting article in Nature Notes on Saturday reminded me ot a ' casualty' which occurred on a peaceful Sunday morning recently . We have a large beech tree ...

Published: Thursday 27 July 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1804 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Nature Notes A RARE VISITOR MALE ROLLER FOUND IN ORKNEY Imprisoned Weasel Swift Families A Lovely St John ' s Wort

... Nature Notes A RARE VISITOR MALE ROLLER FOUND IN ORKNEY Imprisoned Weasel Swift Families A Lovely St John ' s Wort A somewhat rare visitor was sent to me on Tuesday which had been 'found in an exhausted condition on the 21 st , and died later , on the ...

Published: Saturday 29 July 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1375 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Nature Notes PIED FLYCATCHERS PROGRESS OF A BORDER COLONY On the Galloway Dee Hermit Crab ' s House-Hunting

... Nature Notes PIED FLYCATCHERS PROGRESS OF A BORDER COLONY On the Galloway Dee Hermit Crab ' s House-Hunting Male pied flycatchers returned in the last week of April to the Valley of Leet , near Coldstream , and by the end of the month about 25 were arguing ...

Published: Saturday 05 August 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1396 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Nature Notes FEARLESS TWITES TINY BIRDS ATTEMPT TO MOB BUZZARD Shetland Divers Colour Protection Unfortunate Swans

... Nature Notes FEARLESS TWITES TINY BIRDS ATTEMPT TO MOB BUZZARD Shetland Divers Colour Protection Unfortunate Swans I arrived at evening at the edge of a small grassy corrle , through which flowed a small burn ; . A buzzard rose from the top of the corrie ...

Published: Saturday 12 August 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1367 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Vermin on the Increase Edinburgh . August 24 , 1950 Sir , —Your correspondent from Rait has expressed a

... a lover of the singing bird I think the first-mentioned have completely got out of hand . - Every Saturday The Scotsman Nature Notes Teveal the - large increase In the savagery of the countryside and unless something fe done to curtail the number of foxes ...

Published: Saturday 26 August 1950
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 426 | Page: 9 | Tags: none