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The Knot is a very 

 Canutiis camitus (Linnaeus), occasional visitor on 



passage. We saw one 

 on the edge of the mere on April ist and 2nd, 1912. 



The Dunlin appears 

 Erolia alpina alpina (Linnaeus), less frequently on 



Rostherne than on 

 some of the other meres, Marbury for instance, where it is 

 not uncommon on passage. We have only seen it 

 occasionally in May, when the birds were in breeding 

 dress. 



A few pairs of Common 

 Tringa hypoleuca Linnaeus. Sandpipers nest annually 



on or near the edge of the 

 mere. In 191 3 one nest was well in the covert at Wood 

 Bongs and another was close to the water, within a few 

 inches of a footpath, in the Gale Bog. Here the bird 

 sat so tight that it was evidently overlooked, and 

 eventually the eggs were accidently trodden on. The im- 

 migrants arrive early in April, but towards the end of the 

 month there are often more birds round the mere than 

 actually remain to nest ; passage birds halt to feed and 

 rest. 



The Green Sandpiper 

 Tringa ochropus Linnaeus. is a regular passage 



migrant and occasional 

 winter visitor to the streams in the neighbourhood, but 

 we have only occasionally seen the bird on the edge of 

 the mere. 



The Redshank is not 

 Tringa totamts (Linnaeus), uncommon as a visitor 



on passage, and is occur- 

 ring more frequently now that its numbers are everywhere 

 increasing and that it is extending its breeding area. We 



