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shire on May 2iid and 3rd^ and this was followed by a 

 noticeable increase in Wales and Cheshire on the following 

 days. From May 7th to 14th, Sedge- Warblers were 

 recorded as arriving on the south coast from Dorset to 

 Kent. Whether these birds spread into the north of 

 England through Hertfordshire and Essex, or whether 

 they passed out of the country by the east coast, it is not 

 easy to say. There is evidence from the Suffolk and 

 Norfolk lights that birds were passing up the east coast 

 from May 7th to 12th, and this, together with the varying 

 numbers recorded in Essex, and the increase in Yorkshire 

 on May 14th, may indicate that these birds spread into 

 the northern parts of England, and probably also into 

 Scotland. 



The last immigration of this species was noticed only at 

 the light-stations on the Hampshire and Kent coasts on 

 May 24th and 25th, but there is no evidence to show 

 whither these birds were travelling. Our resident Sedge- 

 Warblers had by that time settled down in their breeding- 

 quarters, and no fluctuations in their numbers were 

 noticed by our recorders. 



Cheonological Summary op the Records. 



Norfolk. 

 Berkshire. 



Devon, Hampshire, Suffolk. 

 Somerset and Hampshire. 

 Bedford. 



Wiltshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. 

 Cheshire (slight increase). Sussex. 

 Cheshire, Hampshire and Anglesea. 

 Cheshire and Anglesea. 



Sussex (slight increase). Hampshire and 

 Anglesea. 



21. Sussex (increase). Norfolk (many). 

 Hampshire, Berkshire and Anglesea. 



22. Kent, Hampshire, Essex and Anglesea. 



23. Devon, Berkshire and Anglesea. 



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