chirping like Chaffinch but more 
softly. Blackbirds numerous & 
singing freely. No Throstles here!
A few Robins & Chiffchaffs singing
two [female] Chiffinches [?] on gravel
work about house. Several Warblers
in orchard of at least two species
new to me with odd call notes.
I may have heard them sing also
as I heard several new songs.
  At 7 P.M. a great number of
Jackdaws arrived in a body over
the Abbey and came pitching
down like parachutes. A gun 
fired on ridge above house at 
about 9.30 disturbed a still 
larger flock from the larches
where they had gone to roost.
Think I heard a Kestrel screaming
a Sandpiper calling by the
 river but did not see either.
July 1.- Tintern Abbey to Raglan Castle.
  Cloudy with steady rain most of the
day the sun coming out hot for a half-hour
at about 2 p.m.
  At 9 A.M. started with C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. R. S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] for Raglan
Castle in a landau drawn by 2 gray horses. 13 M. [miles].
First 4 miles up valley of brook. Duke of
Beaufort's estates - preserved. Blackbirds, Robins,
& Tree pipits. Magpies in larch woods. Ivy on
trees. Emerge on plateau, then descend. Open
fields with hedgerows. Checkerboard landscape like
W. [west] New York State. Yellow Hammers [sic] [Yellowhammers] singing. 
Reach Raglan village at noon. Lunch at 1 P.M.
Walk down road & turn into field. Pigs grazing,.
Starlings & Rooks feeding. [Female] Redstart in 
orchard.
  Raglan Castle 2-4 P.M. Wonderfully
beautiful & impressive ruins. Walls covered with
ivy, long grass, herb robert, wild roses & pinks
growing on top. Birds swarming. Jackdaws
Swifts, Swallows, House Sparrows & Spot. [ted] Flycatchers nesting in
walls. Chiffchaff, Willow Warblers, Robins & Thrushes
singing. 2 Pied & 2 Gray Wagtails running on 
turf in the court. A new note from