15th, S.W., rain; noon, sunny; in evening, lightning, with clear sky.—Forenoon, nothing. Afternoon, Sax. ænanthe and Sy. trochilus, single.
16th, S.W., fresh; early, rain; noon, sun visible.—Nothing during day. In evening, from 10 o'clock, migration of Charadrius, Numenius, and Tot. calidris; also many Saxicola, two score being caught at lighthouse.
17th, early, calm, clouds, S.W., thick rain; 8.30, easterly; 11 o'clock, thunderstorm, with torrents of rain; P.M., E.N.E., violent.—Sylviæ, but many scattered. M. luctuosa, tolerable. M. flava, many. Emb. hortulana, very many. Sy. rubecula, some. Al. arvensis, some. The first old Starlings and first old Wheatears. Crex pratensis, Char. auratus and vanellus, several.
18th, E. by N., moderate, overcast; in evening, N., fine, cold.—During the past night, much migration. All Longshanks suiting the season numerous. Turdus torquatus, Sy. phœnicurus, Mus. luctuosa, and Sax. ænanthe, many at lighthouse. Early, very many. Char. auratus and Col. palumbus. Turd. torquatus, many; musicus, fewer. Sy. phœnicurus, suecica, cinerea, trochilus, rubecula; very many. Mus. luctuosa, ditto. Anth. rupestris, very many; pratensis, fewer. Emb. hortulana, very many. Crex pratensis; Scol, major, gallinago, and gallinula, both the latter numerous; the first appears here always, but very single. F. æsalon and nisus, some young. Altogether, very strong migration.
19th, early calm, clear, light clouds W., vapour S.S.W.; in evening wind S.W., fresh, thick, overcast.—F. peregrinus, one; nisus, some. Sturnus, some flights of fifteen to twenty. Turd. musicus and torquatus, Num. luctuosa, Sy. phœnicurus, suecica, rubecula, cinerea, and trochilus, all pretty many. Anth. arboreus, some; rupestris and pratensis, many. Sax. ænanthe, many; rubetra, fewer. Emb. hortulana, not many. C. pratensis, Scol. gallinago, gallinula, and Col. palumbus, scattered.
20th, early, light W. clouds, W. cirri; N. and N. by E. in evening, wind fresh. Nothing.—Sax. ænanthe, early, from 8th to 9th very many arrived, but besides these, all the species suiting the season, but singly.
21st, S.W., violent, thick, rain; noon clear, N.W.; in evening N.N.W., cold.—Nothing. Very few ænanthe.
22d, N.W., fresh, cloudy; P.M., W., clear.—Nothing.
23d, W. to N.W., fresh, overcast.—Nothing. Char. auratus, pretty many. One Bat.
24th, northerly, light, cirri violent from W.; P.M., N.W. Early not a bird; later on some. M. luctuosa and Char. auratus. Winter Sparrows arrived.