It Was At A Meeting Of The Royal Society For
the Protection of Birds that the famous charge was first brought by Sir George Courthope ; and made good. A little owl was seen to kill the chicks, was seen to bring other......
The Field Observer
The inquest into the food of the little owl was carried out with immense thoroughness by the Trust for British Ornitho- logy; and that it is only harmful in the breeding season......
The Early Worm
All keepers of golf greens, or for that matter of lawns, must have been aware of the abnormal activity of the earthworms ; and their destruction has been regarded as an almost......
The Invincible Bramble
In my garden this week I was reminded of another alien enemy lightheartedly imported into New Zealand. While cutting back some long blackberry shoots I found that they had......
Country Life
A Hedging Champion The following invitation has reached me, and it is so eloquent of English rural history that its terms are worth putting forth. "I am directed to inform you......
A Whitewashed Character?
The B.B.C. and the official ornithologist have been com- bining to whitewash the character of that attractive alien, the little owl. It is a pretty and engaging bird and makes a......
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