[13] For meteorological conditions, see [p. 87].
Langness L.H.—A few Warblers on lantern from 1 to 4 A.M. A few House Martins at 9.30 A.M. A great many Wheatears all day. (Light N.E.; haze.)
Chickens Rock L.H.—Number of Stonechats (? Wheatears) flying round light all night.
River Dee L.V.—Scores of birds about the light from midnight till 4 A.M. One young "Sand-Lark," one *Whitethroat, and one *Moorhen killed; one Gull caught alive. (E.S.E., 2; fog.)
Smalls L.H.—Quail in the morning; Kestrel seen on rock in the evening. (E.N.E., 1; O. M.)
Nash (E.) L.H.—Four *Nightjars at 2.10 A.M., one killed; fifteen to twenty *Common Buntings from 2.15 to 3 A.M., eight killed; fifty to sixty *Common Whitethroats from 2.15 to 3 A.M., twenty-four killed; twenty to thirty *Willow Wrens from 2.20 to 3.20 A.M., seventeen killed; six young *Cuckoos at 3 A.M., two killed; fourteen House Sparrows and one Robin killed at 3 A.M. thirty to forty Wheatears at 3.10 A.M., two killed; three Blackbirds from 3 to 3.15 A.M., one killed. Mr H. Nicholas says that on the 3d "there was an enormous arrival of small birds, the greatest number ever seen here at any one time."
Longships L.H.—Several birds from 9.30 P.M. to midnight; three struck; one Lark killed. (S.E., 3; misty and rain.)
Bishop Rock L.H.—About one hundred Wheatears, two Ringed Dotterels, six or seven Curlews, and one Manx Shearwater from 11 P.M. to daylight; about twenty struck glass. Three Wheatears and one Manx Shearwater killed. (E.N.E., 2; overcast, misty.)
Eddystone L.H.—Hundreds of Wheatears and Larks from 10 P.M. till 3.30 A.M. none caught. One Blackbird and one Ring Ouzel seen.
September 4th.[14]