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1817. 
January 2nd, saw a Bat flying about at noon. The beginning of 
the month very wet. The end of this month, and the whole” of 
February, very fine and mild, with a few showers, but generally dry 
The same of March till the 20th. The nights were often col^' 
but vegetation was very forward at the middle of March. The 
Sweet-briars, Ayiutcthorns, and Honeysuckles had small leaves upon 
them, and the Turnips were run very much, two feet high in many 
places. On the 20th March, a wind frost with squalls of snow : 
21st, the heaviest fall of snow that there has been all the winter : 
22nd, a hard frost. 
Ihe beginning of April very dry, with white frosts. April 3rd 
Lessor Pettychaps sings: 13th, Wryneck and Yellow Wren singi 
18th Eedstart sings ; 22nd, Swallow app. The latter part of 
Ajiril cold, and in general dry. 
May let, fmiehcil sowing Barley : 2nd, heard the Field-lark 
wi Nightingale sings : 6tb, 
Wh.te-throat; first Oaks felled : 13th, House Martin anp,» : 15th 
Swift app. The end of May cold with a good deal of rain. 
t [Jfay 15th, I went this day into the marshes at Wiuterton 
and saw two couple of Curlews, a Golden Plover, a few RulTs’ 
Sea Lark^. Dunims in flocks, three or four couple of Shovelers 
and found the nest of one composed of feathers from iti 
own brewt, and placed in a tuft of Bushes, in it were nine eog. 
siells which had all been broken by a Crow. fVe also found 
the nest of a common Wild Duck in the same stale. I saw two 
or three Sheldrakes. The Smaller Terns wem just arrived on the 
shore, neither the Greater or Black Tern were come. Saw a few 
tte l ,1 Tn" Redshanks; shot two of 
the latter. I brought home with mo the following day the eoes 
0 the Eedshauk, Common Snipe, Eeeve, Sea Lark, Wheatffr, 
Shovoler, and some others. 
anrwVlt’ Helvetic Sandpipers,? 
and a Eed Sandpiper, II also a male Shoveler. ^ ^ 
* See foot-note at p.age 241. 
Jud ■ k: 
t Ringed Plovers. 
§ Grey Plovers. || Probably a Knot in breeding plumage. 
