... NATURE NOTES Robert Tulloch Shetland representative to the R.S.P.B, We had been discussing which picture to use with this month's notes and were in a bit of a spot because most of the topical ones had been used before, when on the last day of May came ...

... Nature Notes 2>, e g 0 f’ s LR B, S All are more or less hairy perennials, with lance-olate leaves and carry the flowers on stalked spikes. The dainty blossoms, with four notched petals and eight stamens, certainly give character to the month of August ...

... NATURE NOTES .. . By Robert Tulloch Shetland representative to the R.SP.B. I ended my last notes by expressing high hopes that we might see large numbers of migrating birds in the next few months, but as far as numbers go this has so far been a d ...

... Nature notes THE first days of April seemed to indicate that yet another winter was approaching — with snow and sleet on the Ist, and frosts occuring daily until the sth — yet already summer migrant birds were in the area, with Wheatear being seen in ...

... Nature Notes HERALD ‘Nature Man’, Norman Fordyce, continues his column from last week. visual details necessary to establish identification. Waxwings (bomby-cillagarrulus). From the Northern forests of the World they had come, winged rare visitors, ...

... NATURE NOTES . . . i+ will be no surprise to readers ~ find that this much overdue “Nature Notes” will be mainly .hout one bird — or rather one camily of birds, and I think they o justify being called the .mous Fetlar Snowy Owls! To those — and they are ...

... NATURE NOTES | was privileged recently to winter beaches, that the attracread some of the notes left %i’::i hbunfi:lgr ::’ B:;;Ia; by the late Dr. James W. “Sargxderling Cottage” by its Campbell. ng' %wner, the Duchm of His family had Newton ord, whence ...

... NATURE NOTES A short-eared owl has been hunting over the Cunninghill area recently. This owl hunts by daylight. Judging from a pellet disgorged in the heather he seems to be catching small furry creatures. Snowdrops and winter aconites in full bloom, ...

... Nature Notes by the Directors of the Stornoway Water Company”’. This condition refers possibly to an additional supply of water from Loch Airidh na Lic. A sluice gate used to exist beside the Harris road near and opposite to the first milestone from Stornoway ...

... Nature Notes NN s e | have just completed the or published with limited circudaunting but very interesting lation, will be available for all task of compiling a Check List to read. ' of the Birds of the Outer Heb-| |t is a very exciting prospect ritzfes ...

... NATURE NOTES . . | Any hopes we may have had | that the mild January weather ,{ would continue on to give us an early spring have been prettly | well dashed as April came in with | snow still lying on the hills and |a bitter north wind blowing. | Even ...

... Nature Notes ¢ ® Tk g e fw é Y . -y bM& 2 A ' e ‘;’e 7 g 4 ).A i ~ \ &\ P A‘i - ,?,”] 3& %J‘& z Fo ) . t} e i ey O . ! ¥ ...