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William Condry Papers, European polecat
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Mammals

The file comprises draft and printed articles, notes, species lists, survey sheets, radio and television scripts, questionnaires, press cuttings, maps and correspondence relating to wildlife in general and British mammals, particularly badgers, bats, dormice, otters, polecats and pine martens, rabbits and hares, seals and squirrels. Amongst the correspondents supplying Condry with relevant information about these mammals are Biblos' [E. H. T. Bible], G. C. S. Ingram,Bob' Owen of Croesor, J. H. Owen, Iorwerth C. Peate, Jack [Grasse], Arthur Brook, Frances Pitt and [H. R. H.] `Taff' [Vaughan].

Brook, Arthur, 1886-1957

`Miscellaneous articles 3'

The file comprises miscellaneous newspaper articles, mainly on birds, some of which were written for the Cambrian News , 1949-1950, twenty one cuttings of 'A Welsh Nature Note', some dated 1949-1951, articles relating to the Guardian Country Diarists, 1974, polecats, Condry's wardenship of Ynys-hir, and kites, together with correspondence, 1962 and 1966, in connection with the 'Country Diary' column.

`Miscellaneous articles 6'

The file consists of articles, 1950-1998, on birdwatching in Wales, mammals in general, polecats, Welsh botanists, including Mary Richards, the natural history of mountains, the Bardsey bird observatory, an obituary of Eric Hosking, the Snowdonia National Park, the alpine flora of Snowdon, the environment and conservation, together with a list of Condry's publications and reports, 1950-1959, and substantial number of press cuttings of articles mostly by other Guardian Country Diarists, mainly 1997-1998, and of Condry's own articles in 'Country Diary', 1950-1998.

Miscellaneous radio scripts

The file includes scripts about marshland birds, 1961, birdwatching in Switzerland, Edward Lhuyd, 1960, 1966, leadmining in Wales, 1963, island birdwatching, 1957, polecats, 1954, seals, 1954, and a programme in which Peter Scott and Tony Soper also participated, 1963.

Scott, Peter, 1909-1989