MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
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At Wolferton there was a noticeable increase in the number 
of nests of the Lesser Tern. 
The Watcher’s difficulties in the Blakeney and Cley area 
were added to by an incursion of a large number of rats, 
these vermin having been attracted by the carcase of a Whale 
that became stranded near the nesting-ground in October, 
1910. It was not until the following June that the carcase 
was finally disposed of — by burning. On the whole, however, 
the birds hatched off well. 
On several occasions between May 27th and June 29th a 
Spoonbill was seen on Breydon, though apparently not always 
the same bird. This extensive mud-flat is used as a resting- 
place and feeding-ground by a large number of birds of 
different species during their northern migration in the 
months of March, April, and May; and the records of the 
watcher, printed in the Report of the Honorary Secretary for 
the first time this year, will, we hope, be continued in the 
future. — S. H. L. 
Nutcrackers in Norfolk. — October 4th, 1911, was a par- 
ticularly still day in Norfolk, but it was succeeded by a very 
boisterous night, with a strong north-east gale, which 
continued to blow hard for twenty-four hours. That such 
weather should bring over migratory birds was to be expected, 
and accordingly the following day a Nutcracker was seen at 
Hempstead, near Holt, on a small oak which adjoins a large 
fir-tree wood, such as this species might be expected to be 
partial to. A few hours after it was shot at Cawston. 
On the 9th a second, which I had the pleasure of showing 
to members at our meeting on the 31st, was shot at Sparham, 
which is only five miles from Cawston. Most likely both of 
them crossed the North Sea together, as well as a third which 
avoided human enemies until it got as far as Buckingham- 
shire, where it met its fate in a horse-chestnut tree. 
From the slenderness of their bills, it appeared probable 
that these migrants had come from Siberia or Eastern Russia, 
