366 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



NOTES FROM THE HADDISCOE MARSHES 

 (NORFOLK). 



By Last C. Farman. 



Owing to the fine and open winter of 1898 few rare birds 

 paid us a visit. A friend obtained a very beautiful specimen of the 

 Common Bittern, the only one I heard of during the winter, and 

 which was killed by the side of the river Waveney. Wildfowl 

 were exceedingly scarce, and Snipe visited us in very limited 

 numbers, while the Woodcock record was not up to the usual 

 standard. 



Redshanks arrived early in March, about twenty-five couples 

 having nested on the Herringfleet and Fritton Marshes, with 

 about the same number of Lapwings. 



During the first week in May a Spoonbill took a few days' 

 rest on our marshes before proceeding on its journey, and 

 altogether about seven specimens of this species have been seen 

 in the vicinity of Breydon mud-flats. 



The brothers Richard and Cherry Kearton came down from 

 Surrey for the express purpose of photographing a Redshank's 

 and a Dabchick's nest, each containing four eggs, and laid by the 

 side of the Waveney. I have also seen two Snipes' nests, each 

 containing four eggs. 



Moorhens have been nesting in numbers, and numerous 

 Terns of the Common Arctic and Black species have, during the 

 month of May, been daily hawking the marsh ditches. I have 

 found several nests of the Yellow Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Sky- 

 Lark, and Willow Warbler; and in the garden adjoining my 

 house the following birds have successfully reared broods — viz. 

 Goldfinch (two pairs), Common Whitethroat (two pairs), Wren 

 (three pairs), Chaffinch (two pairs), Bullfinch, Robin (two 

 pairs), Red-backed Shrike, Hedge Sparrow (three pairs), Blue 

 Tit, Great Tit, Song Thrushes (two pairs), and Tree Creeper. 





