MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 283 
Wild Bird Protection on the Norfolk Coast. — It is 
satisfactory to record that during the year 1910 there was 
no falling off in the exertions of our local Bird-protection 
Societies in their efforts to see that the law relating to the 
preservation of certain species that breed on our coast is duly 
enforced. We regret to note, however, that the Balance 
Sheet of the Breydon Society again showed an adverse balance 
at the end of the season ; and now that Lord Leicester defrays 
the cost of the watcher at Wells, we hope naturalists in the 
County will give increased support toward the expense of 
the watcher on Breydon. We are pleased to note that H.M. 
the King has graciously consented to become Patron of the 
Wolferton Society in succession to his late lamented Majesty 
King Edward VII. 
From the reports received it is evident that, as the result 
of protection, the different breeding haunts are more and 
more resorted to yearly, and especially has this been observed 
at Wolferton where, the Hon. Sec. reports, there was a “very 
large increase ” in the number of birds nesting last season, 
and particularly was this noted with reference to the Red- 
shank. 
We make the following extracts from the notes kept 
by R. J. Pinchen, and recorded by Mr. O. E. Gurney in his 
annual report for the Blakeney and Cley District for last year ; 
and we cannot help regretting that the other Bird-protection 
Societies in the County are unable to publish similar records 
from their different Districts. 
During the last week in April Lesser and Common Terns 
first began to arrive, and the first Lesser Tern’s nest with eggs 
was found on May 16th. On June 6th young birds of the 
Lesser Tern were first noticed. The first eggs of the Common 
Tern were not found until May 19th, i.e., more than a month 
later than the Lesser Tern, and the first eggs hatched of the 
Common Tern were discovered on June 10th. A Ringed 
Plover’s nest containing eggs was first noted on May 17th, but 
by the 21st young birds of this species were seen, so that laying 
probably began about the beginning of May. 
