A YEAR AT FAIR ISLE 97 



2^th October. — Fine, clear. 



Redbreasts, numerous ; Siskins still here. Common 

 Sandpiper, one. Pomatorhine Skua, one. Richard's 

 Pipit, one. Greenfinches, eight. Yellow Buntings, 

 about twenty. Little Buntings, three. Lapp Buntings, 

 two. Ring-Ouzels, two. Blackcap, female. Goldcrests, 

 numerous. No increase of Fieldfares, Redwings, or 

 Song-Thrushes. 



■tpth October. — Southerly breeze ; fog. 



Siberian Chiffchaff, one. Hedge- Accentors observed. 

 Redstart, one. Common Chiffchaff, remains found of 

 one recently dead. 



■^ist October. — South breeze ; rain and fog all day. 



Fieldfares, hundreds arrived about midday. Wood- 

 cocks, a few arrivals. Redwings, Song-Thrushes, 

 Blackbirds, and Ring-Ouzels. Redbreasts and Gold- 

 crests also appeared in numbers. Wood- Larks, two. 

 Great Northern Divers, two. Yellow-hammers, about 

 thirty. 



\st November. — South, light ; clear. 



Wood-Lark, one. Red-throated Pipit, one observed 

 at close quarters. 



2nd November. — South-east breeze ; foggy. 



Short-eared Owl, one. Fieldfares, Blackbirds, and 

 Goldcrests scarcer (passed on). Dunlin, one. Little 

 Auks, a few seen off island. Common Sandpiper, one. 

 Fulmar, one. Redstart, one. Water - Rails, two. 

 Siberian Chiffchaff, one : this species is one of the 

 tamest birds visiting the isle. Snipe, increase. Ring- 

 Ouzel, one. Merlin, one. Little Bunting, two. Scaup, 

 one. Siskins still here. Snow-Buntings, numerous. 

 Redshanks, about a dozen seen passing over the island 

 in a south-west direction, 10.15 a.m. 



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