Nature Notes

It Has To Be Something : By Norman K Wilson

From Banffshire 1971 – 1990 A month by month encounter with birds and other things in nature.

Norman Wilson (born 1928, died 2018) wrote a weekly ‘Nature Notes’ column for the Banffshire Journal from 1971 to 1987. These chapters are his summarization and collection of that material, retyped and very lightly edited by his daughter, Anne Johnson. He offered it for publication without success in the early 1990s. Posting it here in May 2024 for family and friends.

Bluetits in the snow – by Basil Ede
Image “Courtesy of http://www.georgeglazer.com, George Glazer Gallery, New York City.”

Chapter 1 – January

Chapter 2 – February

Chapter 3 – March

Chapter 4 – April

Chapter 5 – May

Chapter 6 – June

Chapter 7 – July

Chapter 8 – August

Chapter 9 – September

Chapter 10 – October

Chapter 11 – November

Chapter 12 – December