several birds concealed among the ivy.
Glympse [sic] [Glimpse] at one; perhaps Tree sparrows.
Sun came out bright for ½ hour. Small
birds flitting about moat. Big hawthorn.
East for Monmouth. More rain. 2 Corn Crakes
& a Chaffinch. Many thrushes & Yellow Hammers [sic] [Yellowhammers]. 
Keeper's horn with array of [?tunes.]
One Lapwing. Spend hour at Monmouth
to rest horses. 2 Hedge accentors singing.
At 6 P.M. start for Tintern. Road along 
bank of Wye. Hover Martins over river.
Immense numbers of Swifts performing aerial
dance. Thrushes & Blackbirds singing.
Dinner at 8 P.M. At 9 P.M. walk
down around abbey. Sky clear. Swifts
Bats & Jackdaws. Guardian says
Barn Owls breed, also Rock Pigeons.
The Warden used to shoot the Daws.
Take alley way to river bank. Blackbirds
singing on wooded shore opposite.
July 2. Tintern Abbey - Wynd Cliff [sic] [Wyndcliff]
  Early morning & late afternoon clear.
Middle of day cloudy with usual light showers.
A Great Tit in the apple trees in front of
house this morning. Fringillin [Fringillidae] birds
flying in undulations with notes like 
Loxia leucoptera. Bird with Aegisthus-like
song.
  In Tintern Abbey 10 to 11.30 A.M.
Great Tit; Jackdaws cawing; Swifts, Blackbirds,
Spotted Flycatchers, Starlings, Blue Rock Pigeon starts
from nest in ivy-clad wall. Willow herb
Herb Robert & Poison Ivy (only one seen in England).
  To Wynd Cliff [sic] [Wyndcliff] at 3 P.M. Yews, hazel,
beeches. Fine cliffs. Drive part way up
then follow path on foot. Brood of Tits
marked like P. wollenbii lisping notes 
exactly like young P. atricapillus.
1 Jay heard, 2 seen.
  Top of cliff. Mixed larches beeches, yews.
Blackbird with superb voice singing. Strong
resemblance toTurdus swainsonii song.
Robins & Skylarks on field near by.
Pair of Kestrels wind-hovering.