4th to 8th.—Guillemots on hatching ridges in rocks by thousands.
9th and 10th.—
11th, evening, N.E.—Extensive migration during the night: Numenius, Char. auratus, Tringa.
12th, N.E., light wind, 1 deg. frost, a little snow.—Fring. chloris, very many; cannabina and montium, fewer; Turdus pilaris, iliacus, merula, and viscivorus, numerous, the latter individually. Anth. pratensis, pretty many; Num. arquata and Char. auratus, all numerous, migrating overhead.
13th, S.E., fine.—Fring. chloris, again very many, twenty at one shot; cannabina and montium, also very many; Turdus pilaris and Alauda arvensis, also very many; Sturnus, fifty to sixty.
14th, N.E., heavy, thick, overcast.—Nothing.
Up to 27th, frost 3-5 deg., fine weather.—During the whole time only stray birds: Sturnus merula, Al. arvensis, Emb. miliaria.
28th, 29th, 30th, S.W., overcast, mild.—Fr. chloris, very many. Merula, pilaris, Sturnus, Al. arvensis, many passing on.
February
1st and 2d.—Nothing.