20 



AiJiil 25 



'A. House-Martin. 



B. Wheatear. 

 Willow- Warbler. 



C. Cuckoo. 

 1). Blackcap. 



Grasshopper- 

 Warbler. 

 Wryneck. 



April 26 



A. House-Martiu. 



B. Willow- Warbler. 



Swallow. 



D. Wryneck. 



Cold, with rain iti the Channel, West of Franco, 

 and Iberian Peninsula, caused by a small 

 depression with strong winds backing round a 

 shallow depression whose centre was situated 

 at the mouth of the English Channel. 



Fine and warmer over Iberian Peninsula. Un- 

 settled elsewhere, with mist, rain, and sleet, 

 with strong northerly current of wind over our 

 Islands, France, and Bay of Biscay. 



Barometer : a long narrow depression had settled 

 over our Islands. 



Ajiril 27 Fine but cold over our Islands in the morning, 



A. House Martin. 



B. Willow- Warbler. 



Swallow. 



C. Whinchat. 



Tree-Pipit. 



April 28 



A. Common Tern. 



B. Wheatear. 

 Willow-Warbler 



D. Whitethroat. 

 Blackcap. 

 Tree-Pipit. 

 Turtle-Dove. 



April 29 



B. Willow- Warbler, 

 P. Lesser White- 

 throat. 

 Tree-Pipit. 



with northerly breezes. Later, wind chant^ed 

 as the centre of t)ie depression shifted north- 

 wards, bringing a south-westerly current over 

 our Islands and the Channel, but winds con- 

 tinued northerly over Western France, Bay of 

 Biscay, and Iberian Peninsula. 



Fine and warm over Iberian Peninsula under 

 influence of anticyclone. 



Northwards cyclonic conditions still prevailed, 

 with cold north-westerly current over our 

 Islands and adjacent seas. Much sleet and 

 snow over our Islands, and rain over North 

 Sea, France, and Holland, where the winds 

 were strong from the south. 



Strong westerly winds, accompanied by rain, over 

 Bay of Biscay and W^estern Europe, circling 

 round a depression whose centre was to the 

 North of Ireland. 



