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SUMMEB IN LLEYN, WITH SOME OTHER NOTES 

 ON THE BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 



By 0. V. Aplin, F.L.S. 



(Concluded from p. 50.) 



The shores of Lleyn west of Llanbedrog, the muddy harbour 

 of Pwllheli and the long stretches of beach on either side of it 

 left behind, do not afford much breeding-ground for shore birds, 

 though a few Lesser Terns, Ringed Plovers, and Oystercatchers 

 may be seen in Abersoch and Aberdaron Bays and in Hell's 

 Mouth ; the Oystercatchers, however, are more fond in summer 

 of the stacks and islands, on all of which I noticed them. 

 Aberdaron Bay has a sand and pebble beach of no great width, 

 but it is broken into by the village, and boasts only of a few 

 pairs of Ringed Plovers and Oystercatchers ; the former have 

 nested there, but I never knew the eggs of the latter actually 

 found on the beach. That wide open bay called Hell's Mouth 

 at first looks promising ; but though at the eastern end under 

 the base of Pen Cilan the beach is wide, and there is a good 

 stretch of shingle, towards the west the shore narrows and the 

 beach beneath those low, torn and battered earthy cliffs which 

 is safe from the sea must be of small extent up to the end of the 

 bay, where the rocks of Craig du cut off the low shores, and the 

 empurpled heights of Rhiw spring so boldly in great steps above 

 the rocks and woods of this corner of the wide bay, and make it 

 the most beautiful spot on the coast of Lleyn. They are a 

 glorious sight, even on a grey rainy day, with changing lights, 

 when the heather, patched as it is with wide stretches of rich 

 green fern, looms out a fine deep purple, and the slopes are 

 brightened high up with a few sun-burnt pastures or a tiny 

 barley patch already yellowing, and one or two brilliant white 

 farmhouses. There was a flock of a dozen old and young Ringed 

 Plovers here ; and a pair which were very anxious, evidently 



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