BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
ROOKERIES. 
Nests. 
remarks. How long 
Source of 
information. 
Place. 
J 
Situation. m 
a 
Vlaxi- 1 
am No. 
bout. 
S^o. in 
1908. 
in existence, etc. 
Parish of Annan. 
Mount Annan 
Scots Fir, Lime, 
Beech, Ash, 
Oak, Plane. 
1,500 
1,000 1 
Known to have exis- 
ted at least one 
hundred years. 
P. A. Pasley- 
Dirom, 
29.V.1908. 
In Annan Burgh 
Do. 
1 The Moat 
1 
70-80 
30 
Do 
Do. 1 
Fruids Park . . 
Small Ash . . j 
40 
Do. An offshoot from J- W.^ayne, 
The Moat, since 3.V1.1908. 
about 1902. | 
Between thirty and ! ^ 
forty years ago there 1 
were only two prin- 
cipal rookeries in 
the district, Mount 
Annan and Wood- 
cockair. Of late 
years they have 
built their nests 
almost everywhere, 
even in trees in the 
middle of Annan, a 
thing unknown up 
to now. They cer- 
tainly have in- 
creased, though the 
numbers appear to 
be more widely 
spread. Woodcock- 
air is still a remark- 
able roost in autumn 
and winter, though, 
since about 1875, 
the Rooks no longer 
nest there. 
;V. Wright, 
20.V.1908. 
Parish op Applegarth. 
Jardine Hall . . 
Balgray 
Beech, Oak, Scot 
Fir. 
3 
A large rookery in 
1853. 
White's Selborne, 
Ed. 1853, p. 37. 
1,500- 
2,000 
about 
1,020 
Very ancient, would 
increase if not kept 
in check. Still a 
great many nests. 
Not very large 
S. Copland, 
19.ix.l908. 
. Do. 
