FROM THE WATCHER'S NOTEBOOK 201 



Aug. i8///. Many birds, grey plovers, curlews, and small 

 waders ; several lesser terns, the old ones 

 catching whitebait and feeding their young 

 [on the flats]. S.W. ; strong ; rain. 



2 \st. A spotted redshank, several godwits, some green- 

 shanks and curlew-sandpipers, and a number 

 of lesser terns. N.E. ; fine. 



26th. A lot of godwit, several greenshanks, knots, grey 

 plovers, curlews, curlew-sandpipers, and small 

 birds, also lesser terns. S.E. ; fine. 



3O//2. A great many birds : hundreds of curlews, a lot 

 of godwits, turnstones, knots, grey plovers, 

 and many small birds, several lesser terns. 

 N. ; strong. 



1903 



Mar. loth. About fifty widgeon, a couple of sheld-ducks, 



and a great many small birds. S.W. ; light. 

 i^th. One hundred widgeon, two brent geese, and 



many small birds. S.E. ; fine. 

 i8//z. A lot of widgeon, three brent geese, many 



ringed plovers and dunlins. 

 22nd. Several curlews, lot of widgeon, a few pintails, 



and thousands of dunlin and ringed plover 



here to-day. S.W. ; strong. 

 26th. About one hundred and fifty widgeon and 



mallard, some redshanks, and many small 



birds. S.W. ; strong. 

 April $rd. Several more widgeon, three brent geese, some 



sheld-ducks, and a couple of shovelers. 

 nth. A spoonbill here to-day; a good old bird with 



a long crest. W. ; cold and dull. 

 I3///. Six brent geese here. N.W. ; strong. 

 2Oth. A good lot of birds about to-day: redshanks, 



knots, sheld-duck, widgeon, and small birds. 



S.E. ; fine. 



22nd. Spoonbill is still here; and many birds. E. ; fine. 

 2$rd. Some whimbrel, also a cormorant, and a very 



nice spoonbill with brown [fawn] markings down 



his breast and a long crest. N.E. ; strong. 

 $oth. The spoonbills have left. Some curlew and 



whimbrel and great number of small birds. 



S. ; fine. 



