BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
ROOKERIES— con/tnwej. 
Place. 
Nests. 
' Source of 
information. 
Situation. 
Maxi- 
mum Ni 
about. 
. No. in 
1908. 
Remarks. How long 
in existence, etc. 
Parish of Hutton and Corrie. 
Cowburn 
Chiefly Spruce , 
70 
40 
Have been there these 
last thirty years, but 
recently many nests 
destroyed. 
J. McCluskie, 
4.vi.l908. 
Paddockhole , 
Do. 
80 
30-35 
Do. . . 
Do. 
Shaw . . 
200 
Formerly in great 
numbers, but have 
recently been kept 
in check. 
Col. Rogerson, 
16.ii.l909. 
Marygill 
Spruce 
40 
Do. 
Upper Hutton 
Do. 
10 
Do. 
Winshields . . 
Ash and Sycamore 
A small rookery de- 
serted about 1870, 
when trees were cut 
down. 
Do. 
Parish op Keir. 
Barndennoch. . 
Beech and Oak , . 
600 
130 
Believed to have come 
from Barjarg about 
1865. 
C. Hyslop, 
15.vii.l908. 
Parish of Kirkmahoe. 
Dalswinton 
'The enlightened pro- 
prietor of Dalswin- 
ton destroysRooks." 
Dumfries Courier, 
23.V.1826. 
"Overcrowded" 
Do., 23.iv.1834. 
Storm of 1884 de- 
stroyed many trees 
and practically for- 
saken by 1899. 
Though thousands 
roost in autumn and 
winter, none nest 
here now. 
T. Ranken, 
28.V.1908. 
Carnsalloch . . 
Beech, Lime and 
Scots Fir. 
Sadly damaged by 
storm of April 28th, 
1829. 
Dumfries Courier, 
12.V.1829. 
200 
In 1894, one thousand 
two hundred young 
were shot in one day, 
now you might get 
one hundred. 
W. Coupland, 
l.vi.l908. 
