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- 1948 - [?1956] (Creation)
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1 vol. (52 ff. of text)
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Ronald Mathias Lockley was a conservationist and island dweller who was born in Whitchurch, Cardiff, on 8 November 1903. In 1926 he moved with his wife Doris to Skokholm Island and established the UK’s first bird observatory in 1933. He was the founder of the West Wales Field Society. Ronald Lockley wrote over fifty books and his most famous book was The Private Life Of A Rabbit, which was published in 1964. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1970 and was awarded a Medal of the British Ornithologists Union on his ninetieth birthday. He died on 12 April, 2000, in Auckland, and his ashes were scattered on Skokholm.
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The file comprises a hardback notebook, containing mainly notes taken from literary sources, with references given. Subjects cover the geology and natural history of Cardiganshire, including the ecology of Tregaron Bog (Cors Caron) and the history of Hafod mansion, plants of the Swiss National Park [?1956], heath and breckland ecology, and the life of William Hutton of Birmingham (1723-1815), a bookbinder, bookseller and renowned walker.
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Copyright of William Condry’s writings belongs to Mrs Penny Condry, Ynys Edwin, Eglwys-fach, nr Machynlleth, Powys, September 2000.
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Endorsed: 'Keep for notes on Wm. Hutton' Enclosures: letter from Ronald Lockley, 1948, concerning publication of an ecological survey report, loose notes on mountains, planning, bee-keeping, humming bird flight, vegetation and maps of Cardiganshire, with sketch map.
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Preferred citation: LP7/2
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- Lockley, Ronald Matthias, 1903-2000 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Hutton, William, 1723-1815 (Subject)