Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1881. Third Report

by J. A. Harvie-Brown; Richard Manliffe Barrington; John Cordeaux; P. M. C. Kermode; Alexander Goodman More

4th.—Arklow South Lt.-ship, two Gannets, 1.10 p.m., wind light E.N.E., cloudy, passing N.E. Rathlin Island, seven Gannets, 12 noon, wind strong N.E., misty, going E.

5th.—Clare Island, large flock of Grey Linnets, 7 a.m., wind fresh E.N.E., blue sky, going S. Slyne Head North, fifty Starlings, 10 p.m., wind fresh E., misty, three killed.

6th.—No entry.

7th.—Arklow South Lt.-ship, four Starlings, 10.15 a.m., wind light W., cloudy, passing inland N.W. Howth Daily, six Cormorants flying N., 11 a.m., wind light W., clear. Rathlin Island, forty Linnets, 11 a.m., wind light N.E., cloudy, going N. Arran Island North, twenty to thirty Gannets, 5 p.m., wind light N.W.

8th.—Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, five Gannets, 5.10 a.m., wind light N.N.W., clear, going W.; four Gannets at 3 p.m., going W. Arklow South Lt.-ship, four Gannets, 7 a.m., wind very light N.W., clear, passing N.E.; three Gannets, 9.50 a.m., going same direction. Arran Island North, thirty to forty Gannets all day, wind light N.W.

9th.—Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, flocks of Linnets and Gulls, 12.50 p.m. to 3.50 p.m., wind light N.N.E., showery; Linnets going N.E., Gulls W. Arklow South Lt.-ship, five Gannets, 5.15 a.m., wind fresh N.N.E., cloudy, going N.; four Gannets, 11.45 a.m., going N.E.

10th.—Kish Bank Lt.-ship, two Chaffinches, 7 a.m., wind mod. N.E., gloomy. Copeland Island, four Herons, 10 a.m., wind N.E., clear, coming S.; Starlings all day, breed here; Terns breed on Mew Island, come in May. Rathlin Island, one Curlew, 9.30 a.m., wind light S.E., rain. Clare Island, small flocks of Rooks, 2 p.m., wind light N., fine, going N.W. Arran Island South, thirty Starlings, 3.30 p.m., wind light N.E., clear, old birds going E.

11th.—Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, flock of "grey" Gulls, 5.25 a.m., wind light E.N.E., clear, going E. Kish Bank Lt.-ship, one Chaffinch alighted on ship, 11.15 a.m., wind light N., hazy.

12th.—Tuskar, thirty Wrens, Titmice, and Goldcrests, 6 a.m., wind light N.E., overcast, gloomy. Clare Island, flock of Grey Linnets, 7 a.m., wind fresh E., cloudy, going S.E. Slyne Head North, ten Swallows, 9 a.m., wind light N., clear; a large number of Gannets, 1 p.m. Arran Island North, large flocks of Gulls, wind fresh N.E., clear; also on Sept. 13th.

13th.—Arklow South Lt.-ship, four Gannets, 7.45 a.m., wind very light N.W., gloomy, going N.E.