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THE COMMON HERON (Ardea cinerea). 



Three Herons were seen to arrive from the E.N.E. at Thorpe on the 

 SuiFolk coast at 8 a.m. on the 28th of September, and when put up 

 continued their flight over the sea, at a good height in a southerly 

 direction. On the 3rd of October a single bird coming from the west 

 left the SuflFolk coast at Lowestoft and flew out to sea due east. 

 Between the 12th of July and the 31st of October migrant Herons were 

 reported on many occasions from Stornoway and St. Kilda (Outer 

 Hebrides), the Pentland Skerries, Noup Head and North Roualdsay 

 (Orkney) and Fair Isle and North Unst (Shetland). 



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Oct. to Dec. 



"GREY GEESE." 



Lynehow (Cumberland), twenty passed from E. 



towards Solway, 8.20 p.m. 

 Brampton (Cumberland), a flock flying N.E., 8.30 P.M. 

 Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), flock of Grey Lags 



flying S. 

 Stanwix (Cumberland), a flock flying S.E., 2.30 p.m. 

 Nr. Tantallon (Haddington), 600 seen. 

 S.E. Suttblk coast, one Pink- footed Goose shot. 

 Wigtown Bay, Grey Lags arrived. 

 Luce Bay ("Wigtown) and nr. Berwick (Haddington), 



flocks seen. 

 Beattock (Dumfries), flying S. 

 St. Kilda, flock of 40 arrived at 7 a.m. 

 Oakamoor (Staffordshire), a large flock of Bean- or 



Pink-footed Geese flying S. 

 Yorkshire Wolds, small flock arrived. 

 Silloth (Cumberland), flock of 40 seen. 

 Rockliffe Marsh (Solway), first Bean-Goose arrived. 

 Rockliff'e Marsh, increase of Bean-Geese. 

 Fair Isle (Shetland), two Grey Lags seen. 

 Brampton, two flocks of 20 and 35 Bean-Geese flying 



E. ; Bloxham (Oxford), flock flying S.S.W. 

 Brampton, 35 Bean - Geese flying S. ; Knutsford 



(Cheshire), two Bean- or Pink-footed Geese flying 



N.E. 

 Spurn Head (Yorkshire), five passing, 

 Tiree (Argyll), large flocks of White-fronted Geese 



arrived. 

 Drem (Haddington), 500 Pink-footed Geese passing. 

 Aberlady (Haddington), Pink -footed Geese very 



plentiful. 



Nov. 1st. N. Unst (Shetland), six seen. 



