1909.
Oct. 1 [October 1, 1909]
(No 6)
Like the Gulls they no doubt prefer to haunt the
sea coast, at least at this time of year. But the
supply of food obtainable there is probably insufficient
to support all of them so that many are forced
to resort to upland localities, even far inland and
at considerable distance from any water, such as those
where I have noted them repeatedly, in considerable 
numbers, during the past few weeks. In other words
there is, as it were, an overflow of shore and sea
birds from the tidal flats and waters which they
have overpopulated to inland country apparently
much less well suited to their tastes yet offering the
necessary room for expansion which the sea coast
can no longer supply. That this is the case with
respect to the Gulls I am fully convinced. The Lapwings
seem more at home inland & many of them would perhaps
remain there through the autumn even were the sea shore less crowded.