... NATURE NOTES IWA.S awakened by much Bir certainly very sprlngclai and chatter 'lke snowdrops are showing winnow; occasionally, trie their little white blooms in voices would sav: JACK in a many a garden and so, too. deep throaty manner. are the flowers ...

... Nature notes HIGH up in the moorlands a flock of birds came swinging down from the skies, rose again, and finally landed some short distance away. Their soaring and skimming flight was similar to rnanv wading birds seen lie coast, and a moment later the ...

... Nature Notes Geology excursions, led by Dr William Fraser the Geology Department, Aberdeen Unlvenlty, have met with great success among members of Northern Naturalists Club and no doubt an outing on Sunday to the Glenesk area will be no exception. A special ...

... Nature Notes ■VEAR to the road and 1A trees a disused sandpit—at leasi du~ used bv man! Within much feathered life and along the face of the sand were numerous holes homes of sand-martins. For a time no adult birds were visible but eventually numbers ...

... Nature Notes CO quiet was the place that seldom anyone passed this way; the path led through a little wood into open country and a short distance ahead were two small marshy ponds. Quantities of rushes and reeds grew here providing thick shelter for any ...

... Nature Notes PART from robin or two xx and the usual collection of sparrows, there have been very few interesting birds in and around the garden during the past few weeks. One afternoon last week, however, something unusuai DID appear. Perched on bush ...

... NATURE NOTES Although the sun shone brightly the other day, there was little warmth in it; indeed the air was bitterly cold, with strong westerly wind that suggested snow—at least on the high ground. Never had the countryside been so barren and devoid ...

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... Nature Notes UTSIDE my cottage is a la e field, part of which is Ai a r birds of many dav (as 80 often in the ) I.was not os and came in i fashion. In the distance, the birds to thrushes, “Bot sone thrushes do usually appear in part like t As the birds ...

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... NATURE NOTES IT was a young friand mine very keen naturalist—who first' saw the neat little nest in moss beside the bridge. She saw llte wee black and while habUt peeping out and the parent dipper flying to and from the nesting hole. Dippers almost ...

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