CHAPTER: VII 
A VISIT TO POCHARD ISLAND—LAST WEEK IN 
MAY 
DURING a visit that we paid at the end of 
May with the camera to Pochard Island, we 
saw many interesting things connected with 
bird life, and some which involved questions 
which we had no little difficulty in answering. 
The country was now at its best. Wild 
flowers were abundant; the fool’s parsley 
was specially noticeable ; spreading here and 
there into great sheets of small white flowers. 
Its delicate leaves are cut into angles and 
curves of the greatest beauty, whilst its 
tender shade of green at this time of the year 
is exquisite. 
As we approached the water a solitary 
Sanderling kept ahead of us upon the shore. 
We recognized him, as we had done last year, 
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