Viola Stirling’s Nature Diary: 11 & 12 Dec 1919
Like Viola’s last diary entry she has spotted a heron again. She is baffled to see it descend into the middle of ‘Mole field’. Viola’s naming of places makes you […]
Like Viola’s last diary entry she has spotted a heron again. She is baffled to see it descend into the middle of ‘Mole field’. Viola’s naming of places makes you […]
*Please note that although Viola states that the date is 5th Novmember, we are pretty confident this is a mistake and is actually meant to be December. Viola continues her […]
There is some confusion with dates at this point in the diary, Viola begins with the 4th of December but then goes on to the 5th and other dates in […]
It’s a Monday morning at the start of December and Viola is in a field she has simply named ‘Farm Field’. She witnesses a hare jump and refers to its […]
A long entry in the Viola’s diary finds her exploring the grounds at Seton Lodge. The entry is very detailed and covers two birds we have explored before: Woodpigeon and […]
The Woodpigeon. The most numerous large wild bird in Scotland but often one of our most overlooked. We have already talked about Woodpigeons in our previous post so click here […]
It’s a Sunday afternoon and Viola is back at Touch House again. The Archives’ Stirling of Gargunnock (PD100) collection includes some photos of Touch House and the grounds. The photos […]
In the next diary entry, Viola examines a bird in a Cypress tree near Touch. The passage is a lovely example of what to do if you see a bird […]
When reading Viola’s latest entry, it is useful to remind ourselves that she is only twelve years of age. She writes about witnessing shooting of hares, although it is unknown […]
In this short diary entry, Viola describes seeing a large flock of pigeons “800 or 900 birds”. These are most likely to be Wood Pigeons, commonly found in Scotland. But […]