164 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



Thrush and Linnet built their nests almost 

 side by side, and I was able to obtain some 

 bioscope pictures of both birds at their 

 nests at the same time. Another nest 

 was built in a little pile of cut branches 

 thrown upon the ground, and when the 

 young were a week old a Stoat pulled the 

 nest down and carried away the young. 

 The feathers of the mother bird lying 

 all around showed how desperately she 

 had fought for her babies, but without 

 avail. Blackbirds, Greenfinches, and 

 Hedge - Sparrows, all had their nests 

 there. I have never come across such a 

 small corner which contained so many 

 nests. On some occasions I have taken 

 my bird-watching shelter there at the 

 beginning of the season, and left it there 

 until the birds had finished nesting, and 

 I have been kept busy photographing all 

 the time. I never go into Cowslip Corner 

 in winter or summer without seeing some- 

 thing of interest, and the photographs that 



