22 OCTOBER 1954, page 14

An Injured Pigeon

A woodpigeon was sitting in the road. When my attention was drawn to it I walked a few yards towards the bird. It toddled away at once, but there was something odd about the......

Swan Escort A Happier Encounter With Birds Was My Journey

in the company of a flight of swans. 1 was driving along a stretch of straight road when I caught sight of six swans coming diagonally across a field towards me. They were......

Country Life

Foa a while I stood looking over a gate at a half-harvested field the other day. It was quite plain that the man who had planted the corn had given up the unequal struggle......

Unlamented Summer

Summer is over at last. more than sixteen lines. Song of Thanksgiving of not It/seemed to me, as the mere setter of this competition, that its terms clearly called for something......

`spectator Competition No. 245 Set By R. Kennard Davis

England possesses a great number of Drinking Songs, but, as far as I am aware, no Eating Songs. For the usual prize of £5 competitors are invited to remedy this deficiency, in......

Autumn Beans

Autumn-sown beans should be earthed up, having been sown in a fairly sheltered situa- tion to protect the plants from wind as well as severe weather. Beck's Green Gem is a......