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May 30th. A shy and restless collection of Wimbrel 
Turnstones and Ringed Plovers spent the night on Breydon : 
and a Water Rail, killed by striking the telegraph wires, 
was shown me. It must have been a migrant. 
May 31st. The stomach of an Eel that had been netted 
in a ditch was brought me on May 31st. It was packed 
with eggs of the Three-spined Stickleback. 
June 8th. An example of the Rose Perch (Scorpeena 
dactyloptera) was taken by a shrimper, length 7 1 inches. 
June nth. I spent a most delightful hour, in company 
with Dr. S. H. Long, on Wells foreshore, among the Nesting 
'Ferns, which include the Little Tern and the common species 
(vide ‘ Zoologist,’ J uly, 1905). Every Norfolk naturalist should 
make a pilgrimage, once in his lifetime, to this interesting 
locality. 
June 12th. I saw some Common Terns on Breydon, and 
some Little Terns on the 13th. Surely they came a long way 
for a change of scene and occupation ! 
June 13th. Spent a very enjoyable evening hour watching 
a flock of nine Avocets on Breydon. At 7.30 I saw them 
in a compact flock on the wing ; they sailed around for a 
half-mile and then alighted in shallow water. The tide was 
just at the full, and in a very short time I saw them off their 
feet entirely. They swam with the buoyancy of Tufted 
Ducks, which, at a distance, they greatly resembled, as 
they bobbed up and down on the ripple, with their heads 
drawn in. I pushed to within a hundred yards of them, and 
distinctly saw they were swimming ; one and another occasion- 
ally popping its head under water, as if to reach the bottom, 
keeping the tail perpendicular by the aid of the feet, as ducks 
do. A small Gull accompanied them. I put them up, when 
they flew around in extended line, wheeled once or twice, 
and again settled, this time near the “ Lumps.” It was a sight 
to be long remembered. 
I think one had been touched with a shot, as it seemed 
slightly lame ; and I am not sure that the whole of them 
subsequently got away safely. 
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