286 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION AT HAYBURN WYKE. 
sometimes finding the ghost of a trace of a path, but more frequently 
nothing whatever to indicate the course to be pursued; however 
trusting to their leader, they were at length safely piloted to the 
portion of the cliff known as the undercliff. When on the cliff top 
one noticed what seemed to be a dense scrub, but it appeared to 
become larger, as the descent was made, until it was found to 
consist of trees of by no means small size. The foot of the trees 
was clothed with a mass of briars, which made progress exceedingly 
difficult, and even painful. Redstarts were very common, and 
probably nested among the rocks, as many young ones were flyin 
about. The Linnet was also to be observed here, and a Bullfinch’s 
nest was found, although the bird was not seen. Magpies, Crows, 
and Starlings were by no means absent, and nests of the Ring-Dove 
and Snipe were found. The ponds were in due time reached, but 
the only vertebrates they appeared to contain were some myriads of 
tadpoles. The cliff was ascended by a very easy path, and the party 
gently proceeded in the direction of Hayburn Wyke. In the woods 
the Whitethroat, Garden, Willow, Wood and Chiffchaff Warblers 
were more or less common, and eggs of the Redstart, Chaffinch, and 
Greenfinch were found. A Creeper was observed, and a nest of 
the Grey Wagtail seen, close to the beach. At the meeting a non- 
ornithological member stated that he had seen a woman carrying 
a young Owl, but did not know the species. Mr. Clarke has since 
written: ‘After leaving the meeting I crossed Cloughton Moor in 
company with Mr. Simmonds, and here saw a Nightjar, and heard 
the Landrail. Coming down to Cloughton we met a woman carrying 
a young Long-Eared Owl, probably the one seen earlier in the day.’ 
45 birds in all were recorded, of which 32 are residents and 13 
summer visitors. Eggs of five and young of six species were 
observed, and are marked on the following list. The only mammal 
recorded during the day was the Common Rabbit, and of Reptiles 
the Viper and Common Lizard were obtained. A Frog and the 
Tadpoles before mentioned represented, no doubt, only one species 
of Amphibia, and the Common Trout was the only representative 
of Freshwater Fish. The Marine Fishes recorded were the Black 
Goby, One-spotted Goby, and the Shanny. 
The asterisks (*) denote that eggs, and the daggers (+) that young 
birds were observed. 
Redbreast. *Grey Wagtail. 
Rabbit. Hedge Accentor. Meadow Pipit. 
Birds. Dipper. Tree Creeper. 
RESIDENTS. tBlue Tit. Greenfinch. 
*Song Thrush. Wren. House Sparrow. 
_ Blackbird. Pied Wagtail. Chaffinch. 
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