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... Nature Notes THE GOVERNMENT’S nature conservation organisation Scottish Natural Heritage is asking people in Kintyre and the islands to keep an eye out for turtles. A recent study by Herpetofauna International Consultants has found mmmmhwmhbmw— which ...
... Nature Notes Hunger has been mentioned as an pelling power of migration in the youn gannet and the eaglet, but hunger is no the sole impelling force. I was much & terested in the nest of a hen harrier & lonely glen of Kintyre. At my last vt I was bending ...
... Editorial Notebook NATURE NOTES. ‘ There is a superstition held by people in different parts of Europe that when waxwings are numerous in their sporadic visitations they are the forerunners of a hard winter. This is mentioned in the passing because, oddly ...
... Nature Notes from Ailsa Craig. Solans began to arrive here towards the end of February, and the crags are now fully inhabited by the usual hordes. An occasional guillemot has been seen, but they seldom appear in any numbers before the beginning of April ...
... Nature Notes Grey Seals of Kintyre Walking from Westport to Bellochantuy on the west coast of Kintyre, I saw an €normous seal of a very unusual dark ivory colour basking in the sun on a flattopped rock within thirty yards of the bea:h. I stalked the animal ...
... Nature Notes Rare Moths in Kintyre Moths are not so much admired as butterflies with most people, yet we have many specimens in Britain which are quite as beautiful and almost as common. Recently, a fine specimen of the convolvulus hawk-moth was found ...
... Death of the Oldest Scot. Nature Notes from Ailsa Craig. Writing of bird life on Ailsa Craig in winter, a correspondent says :— Practically all of the bird lifs which is seen on the Craig throughout the winter months consists of birds forced to take shelter ...
... it Soot. Nature Notes from Ailsa Craig. ;i died :om Writing of bird life on Ailsa Craig in winter, W ..~!n.' At g c-xr‘rupundlnt says :— Practically all of the B uhlcpbnt:..hflo bird life which is seen on the Craig throughout B Watseioo: wae the winter ...
... Geese in Kintyre The sound and sight of geese flying high in the sky may shortly be seen in this district and “D.M.” in the Nature Notes column of the Scotsman writes as follows on the subject— In Kintyre, which is crossed by wild geese, mainly white-fronted ...
... Nature Note Heather was extensively damaged by the ! heather beetle in Kintyre in certain years, writes “D.M.” in the Nature Notes column ! of the “Scotsman”. Flocks of brown | starlings, comprising many young birds and a few old starlings, moved to the ...
... Random Writings. Nature Notes from Ailsa Craig. Ailss Craig has now resumed its ususal winter aspect—bleak and uninviting. Puffins, razorbills, and guillemots have all gone, as well as large numbers of the various gulls. The gannets are all making pr ...
... gulls were allowed to take their young away, the result was also the establishment of a colony—*“D.M.” writing in the Nature Notes column of the Edinburgh “Scotsman”, August 26, 1944. ~ YOU CAN TRAVEL FREE from sick!é%si{m you take Tf‘tl‘AVl.l‘.,L' ...