Alfred Newton partridge. Birds became an abiding interest. Those included the great bustard ("Otis tarda"), Montagu's harrier ("Circus pygargus"), ravens, buzzards ("Buteo" sp.), redpolls, wrynecks ("Jynx"), which are small woodpeckers that specialise in feeding on ants. "The vast warrens of the 'Breck', the woods and water-meadows of the valley of the Little Ouse, and the neighbouring Fenland made an ideal training-ground for a naturalist". This enthusiasm Newton shared with his younger brother Edward: the two carried out bird observation when they were together and corresponded when they were apart. In 1846 Newton went to a tutor in Biggleswade for a few months,
Barugh (Great and Little) are 65 to 74 years old. The average age of a resident of Barugh is 45. According to the 2011 census 51% people lived in detached houses in Barugh with house prices averaging at £349,950. Little Barugh contains fewer houses altogether, many of them being holiday cottages. Housing in Barugh is classed as semi-detached and detached. It is described as a village surrounded by sparsely populated countryside. There are currently 2 bus routes which go through both Little and Great Barugh. The nearest railway station is 7 miles away at Malton. The graph on the right shows yearly average high