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Linnets, Greenfinches, Chaffinches, Tree-Sparrows and Mistlo- 

 Thrushes. On the Denes were noted a Shore-Lark, three Snow- 

 Buntings, a Bock-Pipit, Lesser Black-backed and many other 

 Gulls, a flock of Yellow Buntings, and several Goldcrests. 



7th. — At Benacre. On the marshes were a number of 

 Wigeon, a few Teal, several Common Snipe, many Lapwings, a 

 Heron, and a Short-eared Owl ; in a thick reed-bed were seen 

 three Bearded Tits and a number of Beed-Buntings. On the 

 Denes was a vast concourse of Books and Jackdaws (we 

 estimated their numbers as over a thousand) which, as darkness 

 came on, flew to the trees by the edge of the broad to roost ; 

 this appears to be a general roosting-place in autumn for the 

 Books and Jackdaws of the district, for, as we watched, large 

 flocks were continually arriving from all quarters, and the 

 chattering as new flocks arrived was almost deafening. Mr. 

 Hunt informs me that he has witnessed this mustering of 

 Corvines at this spot often before. 



11th. — A big movement of Greenfinches, Linnets and 

 Chaffinches to the south was noted ; a few Starlings also 

 going south. A flock of about a dozen Shore-Larks was seen 

 on the south Denes. 



A Purple Sandpiper was seen on the 13th. 



18th. — A flock of Books and Jackdaws was seen to arrive in 

 from sea. Curlews and a number of other waders were heard 

 passing over the town at night ; Lapwings and Bedwings have 

 been heard passing over on several nights lately. 



21st. — Six Shore-Larks and a flock of about twenty Snow- 

 Buntings were observed on the Denes. 



December 20th. — A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker was seen in 

 a lane at Gunton. This is the first time this species has come 

 under my notice in this district, although Mr. Hunt has on one 

 or two occasions observed it at Pakefield. A large flock of 

 Wood-Pigeons was seen passing south. 



