Late in the autumn an immigration of the Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major, Linn.) occurred. It is a very rare visitor to Ireland, and although not obtained at any light station the following records may be of interest:—
November 27th, one at Kilkeel, Co. Down. A second near Newry, Co. Down, about same date. A third at Glasslough, Co. Monaghan (see Zoologist, 1887, p. 75). A fourth at Newcastle, Co. Wicklow, in February 1887. This species is also recorded from Northumberland on 18th and 20th October.
Transcriber Note
Minor typos corrected. Possible variant spellings of Genera and Species mostly left as printed. As the [Station Map] image was missing from the collection for this volume, the image from the 1885 edition was utilized.