England.
1911.
July 1-31
(No 5)

Turtle Doves
Cirl Bunting
Kingfisher

  I saw only a very few Turtle Doves about Oxford and these were all
silent but I heard one cooing on the banks of the Thames near Windsor
about the middle of the month. The only bird new to me and
noted at Oxford was a Cirl Bunting which we saw perched in the
top of a hawthorn by the river on the evening of the 5th singing
its shrill and varied but not very pleasing notes. On the evening of
the 8th a Kingfisher shot past us within 25 yards as we were sitting in
a punt near the Rollers.

Wadham College grounds.

  In the beautiful grounds at the rear of Wadham College where
I spent many a pleasant & interesting hour smoking my pipe under the
shade of the fine old trees, birds of various kind[s] were more abundant
and easily observed than almost anywhere else in Oxford. Robins,
Thrushes, Blackbirds and Pied Wagtails were constantly running about
over the lawn and in the trees or shrubbery close about it I heard
besides these species Wood pigeons, Titmice of several kinds, Golden
crested Kinglets, Wrens and great numbers of Green Finches - the