12th, S.E., light, dull, overcast.—F. tinnunculus, C. cornix, Mot. alba, only singly. Al. alpestris, pretty many. Altogether little migration.
13th, N. by E., slight, clear; P.M., wind somewhat fresher, cool.—F. æsalon, tinnunculus, and nisus, as C. cornix, all pretty many. Turdus, stray birds. Sylvia and Wheatears, almost none. Sy. titys, one [male]. Motacilla, Anthus, and Accentor, only few. Al. alpestris, many great flights. Fringilla, pretty many, especially cannabina. Columba and Scolopax, a few. Lar. glacialis, one young bird in summer plumage shot.
14th, northerly, quite light, clear, air cool; in evening overcast.—Very slight migration. Several little Falcons, æsalon, now, females and young. Corv. cornix and monedula, early some. Turdus, almost none. Sylvia, none at all. Fringilla, very few; one linaria. Mot. flava, some, the first. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, pretty many. Alauda alpestris, pretty many. Char. auratus, one fine old bird, in summer plumage. No Pigeons; no Woodcocks.
15th, S.E., almost calm during night and early morning, very fine rain, cool.—Very little migration; a few little Falcon; early a few flights of Crows. T. torquatus, merula, musicus, pilaris, all singly. Sy. rubecula, rufa, and Accentor, only very singly. Al. alpestris, very many. Fringilla, singly. Col. palumbus, some. Woodcocks, three shot.
16th, E., early slight; in evening, fresh, clear, wind cool.—Very little migration, as previous day. Sylvia trochilus, some. Mot. flava, several Anth. arborea, one. Hir. rustica, one. Fr. coccothraustes, a couple.
17th, E. and N.E., very fresh, clear, wind cool—Extremely little migration. F. peregrinus, one fine old bird. Little Falcons and F. nisus, pretty many; æsalon, only females and young males. T. musicus, few; merula, old [male], but only with half a tail. Sy. leucocyanea, one [male]; trochilus and rubecula, a few. Accentor, few. Fringilla, very few; coccothraustes, one.
18th, E. by N., fresh, clear, a little warmer.—Very little migration. Mot. flava, Hir. rustica, Anth. arborea, some. F. coccothraustes, one in garden; everything besides very singly. Still too cold.
19th, E. by S., S.S.E., slight, quite clear, warm.—F. æsalon and tinnunculus, pretty many, all [female]. Corv. cornix, extraordinary many; even late in afternoon passing on overhead till 6 o'clock, which is the greatest exception, as the normal migration ceases by 2 o'clock in the afternoon. T. musicus, pretty many; merula, still pretty many, females; pilaris, many; viscivorus, singly. Sylvia, stray birds. Regulus, Accentor, ditto. Saxicola, tolerable, females. Al. arvensis, some; alpestris, pretty many. Hir. rustica, a few. Cic. alba, one. Scolopax, five to six being shot. Rallus, some. Numenius and Totanus, a few.
20th, S.W., little wind, clear, bank to northward, W. and N.W., freshing up; in evening, light.—F. æsalon and tinnunculus, females, a few; Buteo, one; Corvus, stray birds. T. musicus, early, pretty many; torquatus and merula, females, singly. Sylvia, almost none; a few trochilus and rubecula. Anth. pratensis, few; arborea, a couple. Fringilla, few; two coccothraustes; just before evening, a large flight of montifringilla, about 100 to 150. Al. alpestris, few small flights. Hir. rustica, ten to twenty. Col. palumbus, early many. Scolopax, few. Char. auratus, one fine old bird.
21st, W.N.W. and N.W.—During past night extensive migration of all Longshanks; as small birds, commencing already at 10 P.M. on 20th.