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the Tawny Owl’s nest discovered by us on April 8rd, but the 
young have flown, for they were very nearly fully fledged when 
seen by Mr. H. H. Thompson a week previous. At the deer 
enclosure, Penmon, we make a halt, and see there a couple of 
Sheldrakes, a pair of Oyster-Catchers, and plenty of Peewits, as 
well as a few baby Peewits, which, when we approach them, 
crouch low in the grass. We leave our bicycles at the Priory 
and then enter the woods, where we soon find a Starling’s nest 
with five eggs. High up in one of the trees we perceive a 
newly-hacked Woodpecker’s hole, and a stone is thrown up 
which knocks smartly against the bark below the hole, but no 
bird leaves it. A small colony of Tree-Sparrows nest here, and 
we discover two of their nests, both containing a couple of eggs. 
From the woods we proceed over the common towards Trwyn 
Dinmor, a high cliff on the Red Wharfe side. Amongst the 
bracken a Turtle-Dove is seen feeding, and it allows us to ap- 
proach it within close range before it takes wing and makes 
towards a clump of hawthorn trees. This species is only known 
as a passing migrant in the county of Anglesey. When the cliff is 
reached the Herring-Gulls soon begin to clamour, and a small 
colony of Kittiwakes which breed here leave the ledges, but they 
soon return again and take but little heed of us as they fly to 
and fro, some of them having material in their beaks for their 
nearly finished nests. The Guillemots and Razorbills hurriedly 
make a dash for the sea, and a Shag also leaves from somewhere 
below us. From time to time a few Cormorants with conspicuous 
white flanks pass in a line a little out at sea. In 1910 we dis- 
covered a KRock-Pipit’s nest in a cleft near the top of the cliff; 
and to-day when we happen to look into the same spot we are 
surprised to see a Rock-Pipit leave, revealing to us a nest con- 
taining two eggs. Jackdaws, Swifts, and House-Martins breed 
at this cliff, and many of them are flying about. A pair of 
Oyster-Catchers are seen flying away from a flat headland close 
by, uttering their whistling note as they go, but when we go and 
search the place to find whether they have laid their eggs, we 
only come across two empty scratchings. 
17th.—A few Common Terns seen by the Menai Straits. 
18th.—A visit to two of the Anglesey lakes has been arranged 
for to-day. When we reach the first, namely, Llyn-y-parc, 
we only see a few Coots and Herring-Gulls on the water. As we 
