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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
WILD BIRD PROTECTION ON THE NORFOLK COAST. 
The Reports from the four well-known breeding localities on 
the Norfolk coast for the year 1909 are highly satisfactory. 
Thanks to the public-spirited manner in which the Earl of 
Leicester has taken over the responsibilities of the Wells 
Wild Bird Protection Society, several subscribers to this 
Society have transferred their subscriptions to the Breydon 
Society. We hope that others will do likewise, and so help to 
wipe out the deficit which the latter Society had to face at 
the commencement of this season. 
Breydon Society. — It is satisfactory to find from the 
Report and Accounts of this Society for 1909, that increased 
subscriptions have been received during the year. In spite 
of this, however, there was an adverse balance at the end of 
the season ; and if the watcher is to be employed, as hitherto 
from March to August inclusive, additional financial support 
will be needed. Owing to lack of funds, no details of the 
watcher’s work are given in the Report, but through the 
courtesy of the Honorary Secretaty, Mr. Henry P. Frederick 
of South Quay, Great Yarmouth, we are able to give the 
following extracts from his note book : — 
During the second week of March, 1909, when strong N. 
and N. E. winds prevailed with snowstorms, many hundreds 
of Wigeon and Mallard were seen on Breydon and also some 
Pintail Ducks ; and on March 13th “ thousands of Dunlin 
and Ringed Plover.” This large flock of Wigeon, estimated 
by the watcher at about four hundred, left on April 6th. 
On March 22nd, a flock of 35 Brent Geese and some Scaup 
Ducks were seen, and on the 25th 9 Wild Swans appeared, 
but these left again in the evening. During the second and 
third weeks in April a large number of Waders were visiting 
Breydon, including Whimbrels, Grey Plover, Godwits, Knots, 
Dunlins, Ringed Plovers, Turnstones, Oyster-catchers, etc. 
Between April 18th and May 3rd three Spoonbills were seen 
daily. A single Spoonbill was seen on most days between 
June 29th and August 9th. 
