13th, S.W., violent, overcast, rain shower.—Nothing. T. iliacus, flights; musicus and torquatus, few.
14th, S. by E., very violent, thick clouds, overcast.—Nothing. Fr. cœlebs, montifringilla, and cannabina, some flights passing. Thrushes, almost none. Regulus, some.
15th, S.E., slight clear, middle high clouds from W. by S.; noon, light, cloudy. Wind, E. by N., clouds from S. In evening, E. by N., violent, clouds from S. by E. In night, east, very violent, thick clouds from S.E.—F. peregrinus, old; æsalon, tinnunculus, nisus, of the latter three several. Corv. cornix, extraordinary many, hundred thousands. Monedula, flights of hundred and above. T. musicus, torquatus, iliacus, few. Viscivorus, a couple. Sylviæ, very strayed. Regulus, do. Accentor, none. Anth. pratensis, few. Richardi, one. Al. arvensis, very many; alpestris, hundreds. Emb. citrinella, some. Fr. cœlebs, numerous, passing on overhead, but so high that the call of thousands over thousands could only be heard from aloft without the birds being visible. Scol. gallinago, some. Rusticula, none.
Note.—According to the weather in the morning, there ought to have been considerable migration—Thrushes and Woodcocks but prominent westerly currents in higher regions acted adverse.
During the night to 16th, extraordinary strong migration of Larks, Thrushes, Starlings, Numenius and Charadrius; also Strix otus (?) was present, and robbed on the wing at light fire, especially T. musicus.
16th, E. and E. by S., violent, thick, low clouds S.E.; in evening, light, E., uniform thick, damp.—Early, six to seven, yet extremely strong migration of Thrushes, Larks, Finches, and Starlings. F. peregrinus, æsalon, tinnunculus, and nisus, strayed. Str. otus, some. Lan. excubitor, a couple. T. musicus, many during forenoon; iliacus and pilaris, many during day. Sturnus, very many. Sy. rubecula, pretty many, besides no Sylviæ and accentor, Regulus flavicapillus, pretty many. Anth. pratensis, many. Richardi, some. Emb. schœniclus, early, many. Pusilla, one. Al. arvensis, very many; alpestris, the same. Fr. cœlebs and montifringilla, many; cannabina, fewer. Par. major, pretty many. Scolopax, none. In the afternoon, from 5 to 6, a bat flew about in the garden, chasing.
17th, northerly, light, quite thick, with rain, low loose clouds, slowly from N.W. and N.; after midnight, dead calm.—During the early hours until 9 o'clock, extremely large flights of Thrushes, flying about high, just as if bad weather was approaching. F. tinnunculus and nisus, some. Corvus and Sturnus, few. T. musicus and torquatus, extraordinary many during the whole of the day; merula, iliacus, and viscivorus, fewer. Sy. rufa, many; rubecula, extremely many. Accentor, none. Regulus, many. Anthus pratensis, many. Alauda, very few. Emb. citrinella and schœniclus, some. Fr. cœlebs and montifringilla, many, the latter very many. Linaria, some. Spinus, many. Par. major, pretty many. Scol. rusticula, twenty to thirty shot. Gallinago, pretty many. Rallus aquaticus, some.
18th, N.N.W., slight, overcast, easterly, horizon clear; P.M., high cirri from E. by N., light, sunny, low clouds lazy from N.N.W.—F. æsalon, scattered; nisus, some. Str. brachyotus, few. Corvus, very single. Sturnus, some flights. Lan. excubitor, one. Turd. musicus and torquatus, many. Merula, iliacus, viscivorus, and pilaris, tolerable. Sy. rubecula and rufa, as Regulus, pretty many. Accentor, some. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, pretty many. Al. arvensis and alpestris, fewer. Emb. schœniclus, tolerable; nivalis, some. Par. major, pretty many. Fringilla, not many. Linaria, twenty to thirty; some spinus. Col. palumbus, some. Scol. rusticula, about thirty shot. Gallinula and gallinago, several. About eve a bat flying about in the garden, besides two observed.
19th, N.W., slight, light rain squalls.—Early, nothing. F. nisus, some. C. cornix, some flights; monedula, fewer. Sturnus, but few. Sy. rubecula and rufa, scattered. Par. major, few. About eve Blackbirds and Finches arrived. Linaria, the same. Al. brachydactyla, one male shot.
During the latter days plenty Lar. tridactyla on the sea, also minutus. Anas molissima, one old male shot.