East and West Sanctuaries
The East side of England has been luckier than the West, though it seemed more vulnerable. The Norfolk line of sanctuaries remains almost intact, and we may take it as a note of thanksgiving that the Christmas card of the Trust is resumed. The bird selected for this year's card is the snipe. The scene is of winter, with the bird sitting in the snow beside a frozen pool. It is reproduced in colour from an original water-colour by Mr. J. C. Harrison, the seventeenth he has painted for the Trust's Christ- mas cards. The price is 4s. half a dozen with envelopes (less proportion- ately for larger quantities), to be had from Miss Gay, Victoria Chambers, Bank Plain, Norwich. To return to the West, among sanctuaries which need financial support and are too little heard of is Orielton Decoy Ringing Station in Pembrokeshire, managed by the Wildfowl Inquiry Committee, which is part of an international committee. Its last report, to be had at 2s. from Miss Barclay Smith, the Zoo, Regents Park, N.W. 8, is compact of interest for any bird-lover, and the results of the ringing most novel even for experts on migration. There is now also a Yorkshire Naturalists' Trust (The Yorkshire Museum, York). Its great possession is Askham Bog ; a pretty well exhaustive survey of its birds, insects and plants has been made by the alumni of Bootham School, and the published pamphlet is full of unexpected information. The young naturalists have done well.
Previous page
