THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 672.— June, 1897. 



MIGRATION at the SPURN LIGHTHOUSE in 1896. 

 By John Cordeaux, F.R.G.S., M.B.O.U. 



The new lighthouse on the Spurn, which was lighted for the 

 first time on the night of September 12th and 13th, 1895, throws 

 abeam equal to 80,000 candles in fine, and 100,000 in stormy 

 weather. The light is visible twenty to thirty miles at sea under 

 favourable conditions of the atmosphere. I am indebted, through 

 Dr. Hewetson, of Leeds, to Mr. W. Y. Counter, one of the light- 

 keepers, for the following record of birds which struck the lantern 

 in 1896. 



January. 



3rd.— A large number of small birds flying round the lantern ; 

 three or four Larks caught. Weather foggy with southerly light airs. 



14th. — One Golden Plover and several Knots struck the lantern 

 and killed between two and six o'clock a.m. The weather very 

 clear but dark with a drizzling rain and a moderate breeze from 

 S. and S.E. 



February. 



7th.— One Knot killed. Weather foggy; wind W.S.W. 



13th. — Caught a Snow Bunting against lantern. Overcast and 

 dark ; wind light W. 



15th. — One cock Blackbird and twelve Starlings. Overcast, 

 but clear; wind E. 



March. 



7th. — Many Starlings flying round the light, two caught. 

 Wind S., fog and drizzle. 



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