1891. 
July 10
England.
Clovelly to Buds. - Weather much like that of yesterday
but was more beautiful after the clouds cleared
away about noon and the wonderfully tender blue
(turquoise) sea which was only first ruffled by
the gentle N.E. breeze.
  While walking about the town in the in the forenoon
I saw several Siskins and a Green Woodpecker,
the latter flying.
  Late in the afternoon as we were waiting for
the [?] to be made ready on the terrace above
the town a Blackbird, a Chiffchaff, and Throstle,
and several Green Finches were singing besides a
Wren or two. Now and then a Swift shot down
the steep slope with the speed of a meteor.
Throstles and Blackbirds appear to much less
numerous now than further north and I have
not seen a single Spotted Flycatcher this week.
  We started for Buds at 5.15, at first on top 
of the coach, afterwards taking inside seats
where the opportunities for observation were poor.
The country was nearly all open & hilly with
the usual cultivated fields & hedgerows.
  Yellow Hammers were exceedingly numerous and
singing freely. We heard two Skylarks and saw
three Kestrels hovering over the fields. A Ring
Ouzel flitting among gorse.  In a great valley
free from hedges and covered with grasses & 
gorse I saw a Circus [?] beating over the ground
like our Marsh Hawk. It looked big & brown.
A few Swifts at Buds but no birds singing there