A YEAR AT FAIR ISLE 99 



lotJi November. — South-west breeze. 



Redbreasts decreasing last few days. Fieldfares, 

 about a hundred here. Redwings and Song-Thrushes, 

 numerous. Blackbirds decreasing. White Wagtail, one. 

 Yellow Buntings scarcer, about six seen. Woodcocks, 

 four. Snow-Buntings, flocks of a hundred or more 

 seen. 



wth November. — Light, south ; clear. 



Little Buntings, two. Fieldfares, Redwings, Song- 

 Thrushes, and Snow- Buntings scarcer; Blackbirds 

 plentiful. 



\2th Nove77iber. — Westerly, light; clear. 



Carrion Crow, one. Teal, one. Fieldfares, more 

 in. Merlin, one. Curlews, increase. Redbreasts 

 scarcer, though still numerous. 



13M November. — South-west, strong breeze. 



Fieldfares and Snow- Buntings scarcer. Redwings 

 and Song-Thrushes still plentiful. Goldeneye, one. 

 Slavonian Grebe, one. 



\\th November. — South breeze; clear. 



House-Martin, one. Woodcocks, five. Siskins, 

 two. Goldcrests, several on the face of the cliffs. 



\^th November, — Nothing seen worth mentioning. 



\6th November. — South-south-west, strong. 



Goldcrests, several. Song-Thrushes and Fieldfares, 

 numerous. Redwings scarcer. Redbreasts, a few. 

 Water-Hen, one. Carrion Crow and House-Martin still 

 here. 



17//^ November. — North-west gale; clear. 



Woodcocks, four. Jack Snipe, five. Common 

 Snipe, many since yesterday. Water- Rails, two. 

 Goldeneye, one. 



18M November, — West breeze; rain. 



