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a small flock of about twenty Mealy Redpolls were to be seen every 
day feeding on some waste land near the River Foss at Huntington. 
' Carrion Crows and Magpies appear to be more numerous than ever. 
‘ On September 27th I saw a large flock of Fieldfares near Storwood 
— an early date of arrival of these Scandinavian winter visitors . (S .H .S . ) 
I must again express my gratitude to Messrs. V. G. F. Zimmermann, 
Fred Vear and H. Shorney for their valuable help in compiling these 
notes. 
Arrival of Migrants, York District, 1932. 
Chiff Chaff 
Wheatear 
Willow Warbler 
Sandpiper 
Swallow 
Sand Martin 
Cuckoo... 
Whitethroat 
Sedge Warbler 
Tree Pipit 
House Martin 
Blackcap 
Pied Flycatcher 
Whinchat 
Corncrake 
Swift ... 
Nightjar 
Turtle Dove 
Y ellow Wagtail 
Redstart 
Spotted Flycatcher 
Reed Warbler 
Garden Warbler ... 
Grasshopper Wareler 
Hawnby, March 13th ; Huntington, April 3rd. 
Strensall Common, March 17th. 
Stamford Bridge, March 15th ; Huntington, 
April 12th. 
Pickering, April 9th ; Hawnby, May 1st. 
Huntington, April 9th ;■ Stamford Bridge, 
April 15th ; Brandesburton, April 24th. 
Huntington, April 12th ; Stamford Bridge, 
April 15th, April 28th (12). 
Huntington, April 26th ; Stamford Bridge, 
April 29th ; Boston Spa, April 29th ; 
Hawnby, May 1st. 
Huntington, April 27th. 
Huntington, April 27th ; York, April 28th. 
Huntington, April 27th ; Dringhouses, May 
8th. 
York, April 28th. 
Sandhutton, April 28th. 
Hawnby, May 1st. 
Strensall, May 3rd. 
Sandhutton, May 2nd. 
Huntington, May 3rd ; York, May 6th. 
Gilling, May 3rd ; Sandhutton, May 6th. 
Ampleforth, May 3rd ; Strensall, May 8th. 
York, May 6th ; Dringhouses, May 26th. 
Huntington, May 6th. 
Huntington, May 6th. 
Dringhouses, May 8th. 
Dringhouses, May 8th. 
Askham Bogs, June 19th. 
Pisces. 
(Sydney H. Smith, F.Z.S.) : — The period under review has not 
yielded any fish that are really exceptional, and local anglers have not 
contributed a single specimen worthy of setting up as an addition to the 
very fine collection of the York and District Amalgamation of Anglers. 
The rivers generally have run in normal volume, except for a few minor 
floods during April and May, such floods really being an advantage from 
an angler's point of view. The item of outstanding interest is the remark- 
able run of salmon in the lower Ouse during August ; upwards of 1,000 
fish were obtained by the various netsmen who operate on this length. 
This is curious in view of the corresponding scarcity of Salmon along 
the East Coast of Yorkshire at this period. Last year record catches 
were obtained along the coast, and this synchronised with a fairly plentiful 
supply of Salmon in the River Ouse, and I am at a loss to understand the 
reason why 1932 should be marked by record numbers in the river and 
record decrease on the coast. The Yorkshire Evening Press of August 
16th reported a 12 lb. Salmon as having marooned itself by jumping 
amongst the rocks below the fall at Naburn ; this fish' was rescued by 
spectators and returned to safety. On August 3rd a large fish, supposed 
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