BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
ROOKERIES— con^mMerf. 
Nests. 
Place. 
Situation. 
Maxi- 
mum N< 
about. 
, No. in 
^' 1908. 
Remarks. How Ions 
in existence, etc. 
' Source of 
information. 
Parish op Glencairn. 
Shaw Wood 
• j 80 
Twenty years ago a 
large rookery, but 
harried out of exist- 
ence Thpv still 
come to roost here 
in autumn and 
winter. 
C. Laurie. 
Caitloch 
Beech, Oak, Scots 
Fir. 
200 
100 
W. McCall, 
l.v,1908. 
Barbuie 
Ash 
100 
10 
1 Do. 
Dalwhat 
lime and Scots 
Fir, 
150 
1 
j Do. 
Snade.. 
Oak and Ash, 
about thirty -five 
feet high. 
100 
or more. 
Now the largest 
rookery in parish. 
J. Corrie, 
17.ix.l908. 
Shancastle . . 
Scots Fir . . 
10-12 
In 1909 some forty- 
eight to fifty nests. 
J. E. Steele, 
29.vi.1909. 
Gilmerston . . 
Scots Fir, about 
thirty-five feet 
high. 
60 
Started in 1906 
R. Martin, 
18.ix.l908. 
Parish of Gretna. 
East Scales .. 
Ash .... 
50 
50 
A new rookery within 
the last few years, 
increasing rapidly. 
W. F. Graham, 
26.V.1908. 
Gretna Hall . , 
Trees round house 
Ferguson, 
23.V.190S 
Parish op Hoddom. 
KnockhUl . . 
Beech and Oak , . 
397 
250 
A very ancient 
rookery. The follow- 
ing numbers counted 
by Mr. D. Bell-Irving 
when occupant, 1899, 
390 ; 1900, 397 : 
1901, 376 ; 1902, 
320; 1903, 314 
1904, 266; slightly 
decreasing since 1904. 
W. Thorburn, 
12.vi.l908. 
A. marked decrease ( 
here recently. 
1 Sanderson, 
10.ii.l909. 
