The Country Month by MonthDuckworth, 1914 - 492 pages |
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... Heath and bog - Field , copse and stream . VIII . IN AUGUST Bird life in South Devon - The Hobby , the Kestrel and Montagu's Harrier - The Cirl - bunting - Redshanks , Knots , Ruff and Reeve - Some waders - Grey Plovers -Our wild ...
... Heath and bog - Field , copse and stream . VIII . IN AUGUST Bird life in South Devon - The Hobby , the Kestrel and Montagu's Harrier - The Cirl - bunting - Redshanks , Knots , Ruff and Reeve - Some waders - Grey Plovers -Our wild ...
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... heath has almost vanished , and luxuriant vegetation has sprung up in its place . In the spring you will see these gulls far inland often , also when the weather has been rough and stormy . In some parts it has a formidable enemy in the ...
... heath has almost vanished , and luxuriant vegetation has sprung up in its place . In the spring you will see these gulls far inland often , also when the weather has been rough and stormy . In some parts it has a formidable enemy in the ...
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... heaths and commons also , however , like the stonechat , and will build its nest among the stems of a thick furze bush , hence its name of whinchat a loosely - built affair it is , of dry grass and moss . The eggs , laid in May , are ...
... heaths and commons also , however , like the stonechat , and will build its nest among the stems of a thick furze bush , hence its name of whinchat a loosely - built affair it is , of dry grass and moss . The eggs , laid in May , are ...
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... heath and the fir woods that bound our horizon . The heather shows more signs of life than it did a short time back , its dark green needle - like leaflets suggesting a miniature of the big pines in the distance . Whilst we are still a ...
... heath and the fir woods that bound our horizon . The heather shows more signs of life than it did a short time back , its dark green needle - like leaflets suggesting a miniature of the big pines in the distance . Whilst we are still a ...
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... heath , we now enter the bluish shade of the pines . Though the sunlight finds its way between them , falling upon the red - brown flakes of the bark , all life seems here extinct . The sandy N slope is buried ankle deep in springy grey ...
... heath , we now enter the bluish shade of the pines . Though the sunlight finds its way between them , falling upon the red - brown flakes of the bark , all life seems here extinct . The sandy N slope is buried ankle deep in springy grey ...
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anthers autumn beautiful beech berries birds of prey blackcap blossoms blue boughs bracts branches breed bright brown buds bush butterflies called carpels catkins chaffinch close clusters coast colour common creatures crimson dark districts dog's-mercury dotterel eggs favourite feed fleshy flocks flowers foliage frost fruit fungus garden gather glossy golden grass green grey growing hang heath hedge hedgerow Howard Saunders insects Lancashire larvæ leaf leaves lichens light little grebe male marsh meadow month moorland moss nest numbers pair pale patch perhaps petals pink plant plumage pollen prey purple red grouse round says Scotland season seeds seen sepals shoots shores side slender song sparrow species spots spread spring stalk stamens stems stoat stream summer surface thrush tint tree twigs twites umbels weather whilst wild wind wings winter wood woodland yellow yonder young birds