harrbound
16-Aug-10, 00:18
I know this isn't quite birdwatching, more bird related, but would any of you know, or hazard a guess at, what this description relates to?
"There is also here a bird of a peculiar kind, much resembling a parrot; they call it Knag; with its beak it digs out a nest for itself in the trunk of an oak, possibly it may be referred to the family of the woodpecker."
This is an extract taken from Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654.
"There is also here a bird of a peculiar kind, much resembling a parrot; they call it Knag; with its beak it digs out a nest for itself in the trunk of an oak, possibly it may be referred to the family of the woodpecker."
This is an extract taken from Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654.