30th, E. by N. and E., fresh, thick, overcast, cold.—Very little. Torquatus and musicus, some. Pilaris, several great flights. Sy. curruca, several; other Sylviæ, few. Suecica, still not yet. Mot. flava, tolerable. Lugubris, one. M. luctuosa, some Anth. arborea and Emb. hortulana, of each about twenty to thirty. Fringilla montana, scattered since middle of month.
May
1st, S.E., very fresh, cloudy, hasty loose clouds, cold; noon, clear, warm; in evening, fine, damp.—Early, almost nothing. Noon and later, strong migration. F. tinnunculus and æsalon, female. Turdus, few. Sy. curruca and cinerea, many. Trochilus, few. Phœnicurus, fine old male. Suecica, none at all. M. luctuosa, pretty many, fine old males. Sax. ænanthe, female; and rubetra, many. Mot. flava, in afternoon extremely many. Anth. arborea and Emb. hortulana, many. Fringilla, stray birds. Tot. ochropus and glareola, several. Glottis, one. No Swallows.
2d, S.E., light, warm, thick fine rain; in evening, E, fresh, cooler.—F. æsalon, tinnunculus, and nisus, Buteo, and haliaëtos; Strix brachyotus, pretty many. Lan. collurio, some [male]. T. torquatus, extremely many. Musicus, also many. Pilaris, very great flights. Sy. cinerea, curruca, atricapilla, phœnicurus, [male], all pretty many. Trochilus, only few. Sibilatrix, one. Suecica, some males. M. luctuosa. Sax. ænanthe and rubetra, many. Mot. flava, many. Anth. arborea, extremely many; pratensis, fewer. Campestris, one. Emb. hortulana, extremely many. Schœniclus, some. Fringilla, but few. Scol. gallinago, few. Gallinula, many. Char. morinellus, several. Auratus, just ten. Tot. glottis, glareola, and ochropus, great contingent. Tr. pugnax, several. Cic, alba, one.
3d, E., violent, rain, cold.—F. æsalon and tinnunculus, many. Peregrinus, one. Haliaëtos, one. Strix brachyotus, some. Turd, torquatus and musicus, tolerable. Sylviæ, few. Anthus, few. Campestris, one. Emb. hortulana and Alauda alpestris, some. Totanus, Charadrius, Numenius, singly. Altogether slight migration, too cold and too windy.
4th, S.E., E., middling, dull, overcast; P.M., sun visible.—F. peregrinus and subbuteo, males; æsalon and tinnunculus, few. Haliaëtos, one. T. torquatus, early, very many. Musicus, fewer. Sy. rubecula, curruca, cinerea, atricapilla, trochilus, all, not many. Suecica, some males. Mot. flava and Anthus, few. Hirundo and I. torquilla, some. Sterna cantiaca, high overhead, with plenty noise, chasing by couples.
5th, N.W., fresh, thick, cold, in night, N., fog; noon, sunny; in evening, W., clear.—F. peregrinus, subbuteo, æsalon, tinnunculus, the latter few. T. torquatus and musicus, few. Pilaris, more. Sylviæ, altogether few. Rubecula, still many during the season. Curruca, cinerea, atricapilla, and trochilus, few. Nisoria, some fine males. Phœnicurus, still pretty many. M. luctuosa. many old males. Sax. ænanthe, still many. Rubetra, very many. Mot. flava, pretty many. Anth. arborea and many. Al. alpestris, a flight of fifty and one of seven. Emb. hortulana, many. Fringilla, few. Coccothraustes, one, female. I. torquilla, some. Cuc. canorus, a fine male. Char. morinellus and auratus, some. Sy. philomela, one caught at lighthouse, the first since about fifty years.
6th, W., fresh, cirri, and low light clouds, W., sunny.—F. æsalon, tinnunculus, and nisus, the latter few. C. cornix and monedula, a flight. Sylviæ, Anthus, Motacilla, all but singly. Al. alpestris, a flight of twenty. Fringillæ, scattered.
7th, early, and forenoon calm, sunny; P.M., thick, suddenly fresh, N.W. rain.—Very slight migration of season suiting species. Mot. flava and Anth. pratensis, pretty many; both species very often turn up with much wind, especially in autumn. Al. alpestris, still in flights of ten to fifteen.
8th, N.W., fresh, cold, early hail.—Nothing. Num. phæopus, the first ones.