A YEAR AT FAIR ISLE 



57 



1908 



I st January. — It will be well to commence the year 

 with a short account of the birds which pass the winter 

 in the island. 



I. The following are Resident species, and most of 

 them are probably represented by the same individuals 

 all the year round : — 



Raven. 



Hooded Crow. 

 Starling. 

 House-Sparrow. 

 Tree-Sparrow. 



Twite. 



Rock-Pipit. 



Wren. 



Peregrine Falcon. 



Shag. 



Eider Duck. 



Great Black-backed 



Gull. 

 Herring Gull. 

 Black Guillemot. 



The Kittiwake, Common Guillemot, and Razorbill 

 breed and during the winter are seen at sea off the island. 



1 1. The Regular Winter Visitors are : — 



Skylark. 



Chaffinch. 



Brambling. 



Snow-Bunting. 



Redbreast. 



Song-Thrush. 



Fieldfare. 

 Blackbird. 

 Cormorant. 

 Long-tailed Duck. 

 Mallard. 



WiGEON. 



Snipe. 



Purple Sandpiper. 



Redshank. 



Glaucous Gull. 



Common Gull. 



Little Auk. 



1 1 1. The following are Occasional Winter Visitors : — 



Greenfinch. 



Mealy Redpoll. 



Corn-Bunting. 



Redwing. 



Kestrel. 



Heron. 



Gannet. 



Teal. 



Waterhen. 



Lapwing. 



Oyster-catcher. 



Curlew. 



Black-headed Gull. 

 Iceland Gull. 

 Puffin. 

 Little Grebe. 

 Fulmar. 



2)th January. — Northerly breeze; clear. 

 Black-tailed Godwit, one shot on a flooded croft. 

 Several Rooks on the island. 



