ORNITHOLOGICAL REPORT FOR NORFOLK. 169 



12.30 p.m. a large steamer went down within sight of Shering- 

 ham, with the loss of many lives. Many flocks of Gulls, unable 

 to remain stationary, were to be seen passing Cromer, and 

 thousands, I understand, were visible on Hickling Broad (A. 

 Nudd). This Broad is about three miles from the sea, and here 

 they could obtain temporary shelter from its violence. 



14th. — E., 6. Wind still very high ; a few Gulls were to be 

 seen hugging the cliff rather than face the wind, but the major 

 part of them had long since passed on, and were by this time 

 possibly hundreds of miles away. 



15th.^ — S.E., 3. In the course of a walk along the shore my 

 son and I met with a Snow-Bunting and a Purple Sandpiper, 

 and further inland a Rough-legged Buzzard ; we also heard of 

 another Buzzard, a Grey Shrike, and a Peregrine Falcon. 

 During the night there had been an arrival of Golden-crested 

 Wrens, some of which had dropped into the first cover they met 

 with — grass among the shingle. 



16th. — No wind. At 8 a.m. a flock of Starlings, estimated at 

 nearly a thousand, passed over Northrepps, going north-west ; 

 also a few Rooks and Jackdaws (W. Burdett) . More Goldcrests 

 at Yarmouth (Dye). 



17th. — A considerable incursion of Rough-legged Buzzards 

 marked the autumn, but I will not guarantee that the following 

 dates of Buzzards seen or shot all refer to different individuals. 

 This fine bird is now much persecuted in Norway, whence our 

 supply probably comes, and consequently is a good deal rarer in 

 England than it used to be: — Oct. 15th. Cley, Felbrigge,t and 

 Holt. 17th. Cley and Yarmouth. 21st. Thorpe Market (H. 

 Cole), and Salthouse (?). 24th. Hickling (Nudd). 25. Rough- 

 ton (Gunn). Nov. 2nd. Cromer. 6th. Benacre (C. Ticehurst). 

 19th. Becclest (contained the remains of a hen Pheasant), Wey- 

 bourn, and Hillington (R. Clarke). During December, one at 

 Wheatacre (or two), one at Aldeby (R. Tilney), one at Ravening- 

 ham (Tilney), and one at Wrentham, in Suffolk. In January, 

 1911, one at Gayford (Clarke). 



18fch. — Young Gannet at Cromer. 



28th. — A solitary Snipe seen at Hoveton by Mr. Barclay. 



30th.— A Long-eared Owl on the beach at Yarmouth (Dye). 



