THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 748.— October, 1903. 



MIGRATION OF BIRDS IN N.E. LINCOLNSHIRE 

 DURING THE AUTUMN OF 1902. 



By G. H. Caton Haigh. 



The cloudy and unsettled autumn of 1902 was on the whole 

 favourable to migration. The prevailing winds were easterly or 

 north-easterly, usually very light, and often accompanied with 

 fine rain. 



Birds came in steadily and evenly throughout the autumn, 

 and nothing approaching a " rush " took place. The periods at 

 which the most important movements occurred were Sept. 8th to 

 11th, 20th to 24th, and especially Oct. 6th to 11th ; while there 

 was an exceedingly large immigration of wildfowl into the 

 Humber on Nov. 30th and Dec. 1st, and immense numbers of 

 Wood-Pigeons came in during the last fortnight of the year. 

 Waders of all sorts, except Curlews and Peewits, were extremely 

 scarce. 



As is usually the case in a season in which easterly winds 

 prevail, several of our rarer birds appeared — for example, the 

 Black Redstart, Barred Warbler, Shore-Lark, White-tailed 

 Eagle, Honey-Buzzard, Bittern, Great Bustard, and Spotted 

 Redshank. 



On the other hand, a few birds which one expects to meet 

 with annually were either absent or very scarce, such as the 

 Garden-Warbler, Grey Shrike, Goldfinch, and Long-eared Owl. 

 Zooi. 4th aer. vol. VII., October, 1903. 2 f 



