NATURE NOTES 
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NATURE NOTES 
Mar. 10. 
When I went over the ferry I saw a rat run into 
Mar. 12. 
some faggots. 
I found some winkles on the hard at the ferry ; they 
are like little snails. A butterfly came to life in 
the school window. 
Mar. 13. 
Mar. 15. 
We have a Lent lily out in our school garden. 
Saw a large blackbird in the shrubs, with a broken 
Mar. 16. 
wing ; I took it home. 
Another butterfly came to life in the window. 
Mar. 17. 
Mar. 18. 
Weather very windy. 
Found some cockles. Weather very windy. 
We had two Lent lilies come out in the school 
]\Iar. 19. 
garden. 
A little hare came into the school, but it died in a 
Mar. 20. 
Mar. 22. 
little while ; we buried it in the playground. 
Sun shining brilliantly, but very windy. 
Saw some blackbirds ; they began to whistle very 
Mar. 23. 
loudly. Weather very mild. 
Saw an effet or newt run into the grass. Picked 
some cowslips. Made some daisy chains ; the 
banks are quite white with daisies. 
Mar. 24. 
Larks are singing high up in the air ; they sing so 
Mar. 25. 
very sweetly. 
Saw a robin red-breast ; it is not always we see them 
so early, but this one did not go away for the 
winter. 
Mar. 26. 
Whnd blowing very much ; found a white nettle in 
Mar. 27. 
flower. Weather very fine. 
Saw crows in the trees ; they seem as if they are 
talking to each other ; they are building their 
nests. 
April 8 to 20. Easter holidays. 
April2oto25. Quarterly exam. 
.•\pril 26. 
\"ery rainy. Saw some young ducks and chickens. 
I saw a large blackbird fly out of the shrubs, and 
I went and looked at the place and there was a 
April 27. 
nest with two eggs in it. 
Saw a lark’s nest, three eggs in it ; they are a dark 
brown, with light brown specks. 
April 28. 
Saw a lot of swallows near the pond at the farm ; they 
twitter very sweetly ; they have blue shades of 
colour on their back and light brown under their 
head, and the rest of the feathers are white. 
April 29. 
April 30. 
Saw a starling’s nest, three pretty blue eggs in. 
There is a rook’s nest in the shrubs in a very high 
tree ; they make their nests of sticks. Heavy 
May 3. 
rain in the night. 
Saw a rook’s egg in a nest ; it was green, with brown 
specks on it ; they are large nests, made of sticks 
May 4. 
Found a lark’s nest in the grass; it was in a little 
hole with two young larks in it. 
