192 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vi. 



WADERS IXLAXD IN SOUTH LANCASHIRE. 



An unusual number of waders and other birds were attracted 

 during the autumn migration by several stretches of mud 

 and water on a Sewage Farm in the Irwell Valley in South 

 Lancashire. This farm lies in the valley at Clifton, between 

 four and five miles from the centre of Manchester and about 

 thirty miles from the Lancashire coast. Between August 

 18th (when Mr. T. Baddeley first noticed them) and October 

 13th Avaders Avere present whenever the locality was visited. 



Below I give details of the birds I noticed, most of which 

 were also seen by Mr. T. Baddeley, whose notes I include. 

 Mr. T. A. CoAvard on August 29th and September 23rd. and 

 Mr. A. Urquhart on scA'eral occasions in August and September, 

 also visited the locality and saAV the birds recorded. 



Ringed Plover {Charadrius h. hiaticula). — L"^sually present : 

 in greatest numbers in August : tAventy-fiA^e on August ISth, 

 thirty on August 22nd, fifteen to tAventy on August 26th, 

 28th and 29th, five on September 2nd and 4th, scA-en on 

 September 5th and 7th, nine on September 6th, and in small 

 numbers throughout September — six on the 27th and 29th 

 one or tAvo on October 6th. 



Golden Floater {Charadrius apricarius). — Remarkably 

 fcAv ; tAvo on August 27th, six on September 29th, three on 

 October 1st, and tAvo on October 13th. 



Turnstone (Arenaria i. interpres). — I saAv a single bird on 

 August 26th. 



Ruff and Reeve (Machetes pugnax). — Taa^o birds on 

 August 28th and 29th — evidently (? and ? from the obvious 

 difference in their size. 



Knot [Camiius canutus). — Single birds on September 2nd, 

 4th, 5th, 10th and 16th. 



Dunlin [Erolia a. alpina). — From one to four usually 

 present from August 26th to October 13th ; six on September 

 26th. 



Curlew-Sandpiper [Erolia ferruginca). — Pi-esent for five 

 weeks in unusual numbers. On September 7th I saAv a 

 single A^ery tame bird. On the 9th there were twelve, 

 foui'teen to sixteen on the 10th, nineteen on the 11th and 

 12th, fourteen on the 14th, 15th and 16th, elcA^en on the 

 17th, ten on the 21st and 23rd, fiA'e on the 26th and October 1st, 

 tAvo on October 6th, and one on October 13th. 



Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleuca). — About eight on 

 August 26th, tAvo or three on August 28th and 29th, four or 

 five on September 2nd, and one or two aliout till Se]itember 

 12th. 



