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frequented Breydon, choosing a particular stake for a roosting- 

 place. He was observed to capture a goodly-sized Eel. Half a 

 dozen Grey Plovers, only two with black vests, on the 11th. 



Two large bunches of Curlews arrived on August 7th ; I 

 also saw a number of Whimbrel, some Greenshanks, and several 

 Lesser Terns and young. About three hundred and fifty Black- 

 headed Gulls. 



Observed an adult Kittiwake Gull perched on a stranded 

 tree-stump on Breydon on August 20th, and several times 

 subsequently, mostly on top a stake. A rather unusual species 

 here at any time, except in very severe easterly gales. 



The first Wasp of this season looked in at the houseboat on 

 August 25th, although for some time at a neighbouring village 

 they appeared to swarm. In a grocer's sugar-bin I saw a colony 

 of them ! Mosquitos were troublesome at night on the Waveney, 

 when I was Eel-fishing near the reeds : I found that anointing 

 my face and neck with Worcester sauce was a most effective 

 protection. They do not bite, but annoy me when their 

 attentions are diverted my way. Quite a thousand swallows, 

 including some Sand-Martins, on the telegraph wires near 

 Haddiscoe Canal. 



A Long-horned Owl passed over me when Eel fishing on the 

 night of August 26th ; a great Noctule Bat flitted into its line of 

 flight, when I presume the scent of the bird, left behind it, very 

 much perturbed the flying mammal. 



August 28th. — Very high tide on Breydon ; I had pulled out 

 my smaller Breydon Noah's Ark, and was surrounded by Swallows 

 and Sand-Martins busily snapping up small insects, and pro- 

 bably small Beetles which had climbed to the heads and tufts of 

 the saline plants, just above the surface of the water. A great 

 concourse of Gulls, in extended order, patrolled the flats at low 

 water, turning over the Zostera and Ulva most systematically in 

 search of Crabs, &c. 



Hundreds of Black-headed Gulls on Breydon on August 31st. 

 Several Curlews and Godwits came in from due east, August 

 31st, making a great clamour. 



Flock of Wigeon, September 1st. A wild night on Breydon 

 on May 2nd, when I sailed my little punt, with rowing chocks 

 often under water, homewards. The sky was brilliantly fiery, 



