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... Nature Notes mDMBLED rocks lay thickly on both sides the river here and numerous trees made the spot a very sheltered one. Insect life must have be« abundant Judging the many wagtails that were in evidence. Both the pled and the grey varieties were c ...
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... NATURE NOTES. In addition to the shortening days, there are other signs of the approaching end of summer. Birds generally are othermg . in large flocks, and swallows are preparm2 for their migration. Big masses of ragwort with lesser quantities of the ...
... 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 ...
... 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. At the Summer Islands, Ullapool. Ross-shire, a large seal measuring 6ft. gin. has been shot by an Inland Revenue officer. That Seotch exciseman belongs to the breed who, when happy, want to go out and slay something. AN ARTFUL SNAKE. Seeing ...
... NATURE NOTES. Tin Ktowataa. Thar* Is always something haunting about the oburriag of that sombre night-swallow the nightjar; but never was I more conscious of this than a few evenings ago, when, just as the sun was setting. I stood on the summit of an ...
... 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. Dull skies, rain, and cold winds are still characteristics of the weather, last Satur day beik►g a splendid exception. The summer naw drawing to a close has given us an abnormally small crop of mushrooms. It it rather difficult to assign ...
... NATURE NOTES. Ni;hta are getting colder now, and area v the wvch elms near lower Hodder bridle ..,e changing colour and warning us of the coming Autumn. By the sides of two brooks in the district. we have colonies of the broad-leaved ragwort; this is ...
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... NATURE NOTES. Goklen August! the month of the ripening corn and purple heather; the month which gives us many signs of the coming autumn in the shape of ripening fruits and late flowers. In August the binds seem to have tirelj of singing, and scarcely ...