200 WILD LIFE ON A NORFOLK ESTUARY 



May i^th. A Sandwich tern and some lesser terns, also a 



few godwits, grey plovers, and a lot of whim- 



brel. N.W. ; squally. 

 i$th. A cormorant, and a great many whimbrel, and 



small birds. S.W. ; fine. 



i%th. Six Egyptian geese here to-day. N.W. ; strong. 

 \tyth. Twenty godwits, and a number of lesser terns 



flying against a strong northerly wind. 

 21 st. This evening I watched an old heron catch and 



eat four eels and three flounders ; he caught 



some more after that but threw them away 



again. 

 2$rd. Two sheld-duck and several lesser terns. E. ; 



fine. 

 2jth. Whimbrel all gone. An oyster-catcher, 1 and 



several lesser terns. W. ; strong. 

 $ist. A spoonbill here to-day. S. ; fine. 

 June $rd. Spoonbill still here, also a couple of swans, 



some mallard, also some lesser terns 2 which 



I think are after nesting here. N. ; fine. 

 ijth. A couple of tame swans and four wild geese, 



also some curlews. E. ; fine. 



i8M. Seven sheld-ducks here to-day. E. ; fine. 

 2oth. A pair of shovelers and an oyster-catcher here. 



S.E. ; strong. 



26th. Some lesser terns and curlews. S.E. ; strong. 

 July ^rd. Several young redshanks and black-headed 



gulls, also young herons, to-day. N. ; strong. 

 M 6th. Some whimbrel and curlews, redshanks and 



ringed plovers. S.E. ; fine. 

 i^th. A lot of whimbrel and curlew, some redshanks 



and greenshanks. S.E. ; fine. 

 2$rd. A great many [as last entry] to-day. N.E. ; 



fine. 



2%th. A Caspian tern here. W. ; strong. 

 $ist. A great quantity of birds, also a cormorant. 



N.E.; fine. 



Aug. Qth. A good lot of birds here : redshanks, green- 

 shanks, whimbrel, dunlins, knots, some terns 



and curlew-sandpipers. N.W. ; fine. 

 \s\th. Several lesser terns. E. ; fine. 



1 This bird rarely visits Breydon; when he does he makes himself conspicuous 

 by his restlessness and noisy call-notes. 



2 See Nature in Eastern Norfolk, p. 248. 



