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

DECEMBER.

1st.—Rathlin Island, six Gannets, 9 a.m., wind strong S., clear, going E. Rathlin O'Birne, five Barnacle, 3.40 p.m., wind strong S., overcast. Broadhaven, twenty Barnacle, 1.10 p.m., wind fresh S.W., rain. Slyne Head North, flock of Barnacle going S., 11 a.m., wind fresh S.W., showers.

2nd.—Broadhaven, eighteen Barnacle, 2.10 p.m., wind fresh S.W., clear.

3rd.—Mine Head, "Grey" and Green Plovers from sunrise to sunset, wind light N., frosty, above fifty in a flock. Galley Head, five Gannets going W., 10 a.m., wind strong W., rain.

4th.—Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, large flock of Plover, 11 a.m., wind light S.W., clear, going S.E. Rathlin O'Birne, thirteen Barnacle, 8 p.m., wind fresh S., overcast. Clare Island, large flock of Wild Ducks, 3 p.m., wind strong S.W., fog, rain, going S.E.

5th.—No entry.

6th.—Rathlin O'Birne, fourteen Barnacle, 4 p.m., wind stormy S., rain.

7th.—Rathlin Island, thirty-seven Starlings, 10 a.m., wind stormy S.W., clear, coming from N.

8th.—Broadhaven, fourteen Wild Geese, 1.10 p.m., wind fresh W., rain.

9th.—No entry.