﻿ORNITHOLOGICAL 
  NOTES 
  FROM 
  MID-WALES. 
  07 
  

  

  March 
  10th. 
  — 
  Curlews, 
  Oystercatchers, 
  and 
  Redshanks 
  very 
  

   noisy 
  after 
  dark. 
  

  

  26^. 
  — 
  The 
  Ravens' 
  nest 
  at 
  Yr 
  Garreg 
  contained 
  two 
  newly- 
  

   hatched 
  young 
  and 
  an 
  addled 
  egg. 
  

  

  2Sth. 
  — 
  The 
  heronry 
  at 
  Llidiardau, 
  Llanilar, 
  now 
  numbers 
  

   only 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  pairs. 
  

  

  April 
  23rrf. 
  — 
  Two 
  Swifts 
  hawking 
  over 
  Borfch 
  beach 
  — 
  an 
  early 
  

   date 
  for 
  this 
  migrant, 
  which 
  in 
  general 
  arrives 
  with 
  the 
  utmost 
  

   regularity 
  on 
  or 
  about 
  May 
  3rd. 
  

  

  30th. 
  — 
  A 
  brood 
  of 
  young 
  G-rey 
  Wagtails 
  left 
  the 
  nest 
  to-day. 
  

   In 
  this 
  case 
  the 
  first 
  eggs 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  laid 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  

   few 
  days 
  of 
  March. 
  

  

  May 
  3rd. 
  — 
  Cirl-Buntings' 
  nest 
  with 
  three 
  eggs 
  in 
  furze. 
  

  

  8th. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  hill-district 
  noted 
  large 
  parties 
  of 
  migrating 
  

   Meadow-Pipits 
  not 
  yet 
  dispersed, 
  though 
  others 
  were 
  breeding. 
  

  

  14th. 
  — 
  Turnstone 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Dovey. 
  

  

  17th. 
  — 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Peregrines 
  breeding 
  in 
  a 
  cliff 
  which 
  over- 
  

   looks 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  mountain 
  lakes. 
  From 
  a 
  nest 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  rock, 
  Ravens 
  had 
  brought 
  off 
  young 
  earlier 
  in 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  19th. 
  — 
  While 
  snow- 
  showers 
  whitened 
  Snowdonia, 
  made 
  a 
  

   careful 
  search 
  for 
  the 
  Twite 
  upon 
  the 
  picturesque 
  mountains 
  of 
  

   the 
  Rhinog 
  range, 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Cwm 
  Bychan 
  and 
  the 
  

   Roman 
  Steps. 
  My 
  quest 
  was 
  unsuccessful, 
  though 
  parts 
  of 
  

   these 
  hills 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  tall 
  heather, 
  and 
  the 
  locality 
  appears 
  

   in 
  every 
  way 
  most 
  suitable. 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  B. 
  Grubb, 
  who 
  was 
  here 
  at 
  

   Easter, 
  writes: 
  — 
  "I 
  was 
  interested 
  to 
  find 
  Linnets, 
  which 
  I 
  

   imagined 
  to 
  be 
  Twites, 
  amongst 
  the 
  heather 
  on 
  Rhinog 
  Fawr." 
  

   Yet 
  no 
  one, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  aware, 
  has 
  yet 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  

   breeding 
  in 
  Wales. 
  

  

  %-lth. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Grubb 
  observed 
  Dunlin, 
  evidently 
  breeding, 
  upon 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  -bogs 
  between 
  the 
  Yrfon 
  and 
  Towy 
  (Brecon- 
  

   shire) 
  . 
  

  

  2oth. 
  — 
  Heard 
  Turtle 
  -Dove. 
  This 
  bird 
  has 
  become 
  decidedly 
  

   more 
  numerous, 
  or 
  rather 
  less 
  scarce, 
  here 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  ten 
  

   years. 
  

  

  2S£/;. 
  — 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Wood 
  -Wrens 
  nesting 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  year 
  in 
  

   succession 
  at 
  precisely 
  the 
  same 
  spot. 
  

  

  31st. 
  — 
  Found 
  the 
  Lesser 
  Redpoll, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  hitherto 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  a 
  winter 
  visitor 
  to 
  this 
  district, 
  remaining 
  to 
  breed 
  

  

  