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5th. — Four large flocks of Books came from the west, and 

 after much circling and thinning out departed over sea due 

 east. 



During a heavy shower of rain on the night of the 8th I 

 heard the notes of Eedwings over the town. 



10th. — A great mustering of Eooks, Jackdaws, Hooded Crows, 

 and Starlings in the coastal fields ; a flock of Eooks was observed 

 making north a short distance out at sea, and a flock of Star- 

 lings was noted coasting north. A few flocks of Finches were 

 moving southward. 



14th. — A vast flock of Eooks seen flying south-east ; later in 

 the day another flock was seen flying to the west, apparently 

 having come in from the sea. 



22nd. — One flock of Eooks coasting north ; numbers of 

 Linnets and Meadow-Pipits were noted. 



29th. — A few flocks of Linnets were passing southwards ; a 

 fair number of Larks had dropped in on to the Denes. On the 

 30th a great many Eedwings passed over the town to the north. 



31st. — A few flocks of Linnets, Chaffinches, and Green- 

 finches were noted going south. 



April 1st. — A fairly large movement of Linnets, among which 

 were a few Chaffinches and Greenfinches, all going southwards. 

 I watched one flock of Greenfinches fly away out to sea due 

 east ; a flock of Jackdaws followed the same course a short 

 time after. 



4th. — Only a very slight movement of Finches was noted. 



6th. — A Wheatear and a Willow-Wren had arrived. Three 

 flocks of Eooks were noted coming in from sea S.E., and then 

 coasting along north ; one flock put out to sea going due east. 

 A few Linnets passed to the south. 



8th. — A large flock of Eooks and Jackdaws wheeling round 

 just out at Eea, evidently shirking the journey over the water. 

 Several lots of Eooks were seen coming in from sea, singly and 

 in small groups ; it may have been that these were returning 

 from a flock that had made its departure before we arrived on 

 the spot. A fair number of Linnets, a few Greenfinches, and a 

 Chaffinch or two going north. 



9th. — A Cormorant was observed flying south along the 

 shore. A few flocks of Linnets going both north and south, a 



