12 September 1924: Its leaves are said to poison cattle; its wood so toxic that drinking vessels of yew have been responsible for many deaths

8 July 1924: Sometimes the cooperation is that of a robber band and I have seen two crows steal from a heron in this way

29 April 1924: Friends of mine met a man who boasted that this year he had taken 14 clutches of eggs of the woodlark and nine of the crossbill

8 January 1924: Their thin, straight necks and short heads suggested the species named after the famous draughtsman and engraver, Thomas Bewick

7 August 1923: Ragwort is crowned with fine heads, goldenrod with floral spikes, but the yellow flowers of St John are not yet at their best

6 July 1923: The long-winged sea bird is far more dainty than heavy gulls or powerful gannets

9 February 1923: The bird may be plentiful enough off our western shores but it does not add to the pleasure of a walk to see corpses

16 January 1923: There are three. trees in garden: one is stripped of fruit, a second has a few berries left and the third is still full of fruit

12 December 1922: Coots swam out from the reed, turning their white-billed heads from side to side as they glanced uneasily over their sooty shoulders

24 October 1922: The future of the wasp race depends on the queen surviving the dangers that surround her deathlike winter sleep

22 September 1922: As the sportsman prepared to fire a sparrowhawk appeared; the hawk paid the penalty but the shooter failed to find the corncrake

18 August 1922: From time to time the butterflies increase so enormously in their native home – north Africa and southern Europe – that they seek fresh pastures in England

11 April 1922: Occasionally detected during the spawning season, the smelt is an anadromous fish that has changed its habits

14 March 1922: Some of the wild swans will never again see the rolling tundras; one young bird fell to the gun, while two crashed into a steep escarpment

21 February 1922: These early chaffinches are not striving to lure a hen bird to admire their voices, but are warning other males to keep clear from their territory

31 January 1922: Mice, voles, and shrews collect material for cosy nests, replenishing their stock of bedding when the temperature falls