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Tuesday, March 30.. 



B. ChiffcliafF. 



Willow- Warbler. 



Wednesday,Marcli31 



Thursday, April 1 

 0. Cuckoo. 



Friday, April 2 



B. Wheatear. 

 Blackcap. 



Saturday, April 3 



B. Wheatear. 

 Blackcap. 



C. Whinchat. 

 Nightjar. 



Barometer : the centre of the depression had 

 passed northwards and was situated over the 

 north-west of England. Winds : moderate 

 fi'om the south along the north coast of Spain, 

 strong westerly current over the Bay of Biscay, 

 western France, the English Channel, and our 

 southern coasts ; southerly at the Straits of 

 Dover and the North Sea and adjacent coasts, 

 as far north as the Humber and Denmark. 

 Weather unsettled, overcast, rainy and misty 

 over the whole of our area. Temperature 

 falling slightly. 



Barometer 29'5 in. Two shallow depressions, the 

 one over Denmark and the other over Ireland. 

 Winds moderate, circulating cyclonically round 

 these two centres over our southern shores, 

 generally from some westerly point. Weather 

 rainy or misty. Temperature over 50° F. in the 

 north of Spain and Bay of Biscay, about 45° F. 

 over the English Channel and the adjacent 

 coasts. 



Barometer rising, owing to an anticyclone with its 

 centre (30'3 in.) over the Shetland Isles : another 

 anticyclonic area over the Iberian Peninsula. 

 W^inds north-easterly, fresh or strong over the 

 North Sea and our eastern shores, westerly 

 over the English Channel and north of France. 

 Weather foggy along the north coast of Spain, 

 generally overcast elsewhere. Temperature 

 falling. 



Barometer 30'6 in. : anticyclonic over Great 

 Britain. Winds circulating anticyclonically 

 round this centre, causing very complex move- 

 ments over our area. Weather foggy at Cape 

 Finisterre and misty in the Bay of Biscay, but 

 fine over the English Channel and adjacent 

 coasts. Temperature colder generally, under 

 40° F. over the greater part of these Islands. 



Barometer : the centre of the anticyclone had 

 crossed the North Sea and was situated over 

 Denmark. Winds moderate over our islands, 

 from some southerly point. Weather fine over 

 the Iberian Peniusida, France, the Bay of 



