A YEAR AT FAIR ISLE 101 



^iJi December. — South breeze ; clear. 



Redwings, two over to-day. Rooks, two. 



8/// December. — South-west breeze. 



Fieldfares and Common Gulls, arrivals. 



I \tli December. — East breeze ; rain. 



Corn- Buntings, three arrivals. Swans, three. 



\2th December. — North-east, light wind ; clear. 



Greenfinches, a few. Redwings, four. Fieldfares, 

 about a hundred. Skylarks, a number. Corn-Buntings, 

 several at present on the island. 



17//^ December. — Glaucous Gulls, many young birds, 

 one adult. 



2^ til December, — East breeze ; clear. 



Fieldfares, about fifty more in to-day. Rooks, two 

 new arrivals ; both species probably from Shedand. 



2%th December. — South-east breeze. 



Redwings, four arrivals. 



2(^th December. — South-east, strong ; snow. 



Coot and Water-Rail captured, and another of last- 

 mentioned species seen. Dunlins, a few arrivals. Field- 

 fares and Blackbirds, a few still here. 



3o/>^ December. — South, strong breeze ; slight thaw. 



Woodcock, one. Snipe, one. Dunlin, one. Mal- 

 lards, several. 



'^vst December. — Mallards, three. Teal, one. Golden 

 Plover, one. Black-headed and Common Gulls present 

 in small numbers. Lapwings, about seventy. Field- 

 fares, about a hundred. 



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