Report on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn of 1879. [First Report] — John Shaqi
Report on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn of 1879. [First Report]Harvie-Brown, J. A. (John Alexander)
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Report on the Migration of Birds in the Autumn of 1879. [First Report]
Harvie-Brown, J. A. (John Alexander)
Birds -- Migration -- Great Britain -- Periodicals
to S.W., Ducks and Larks; Dec. 27th,
hundreds of Larks during afternoon. At the Shipwash, from Oct. 9th
to 16th; all day on 15th and 16th. At the Galloper,[9] from Oct. 8th
to 24th, Larks, Starlings and Chaffinches, generally during night;
between these dates 135 of these species killed against lantern. At the
Kentish Knock, Oct. 23rd, N.W., hazy, Larks and Chaffinches through
night, "in clouds," sixty picked up on deck, and probably double this
number falling overboard; Dec. 1st, from noon to 2.30 p.m., thick snow
falling, Larks, Curlews, Starlings, Ducks, Chaffinches and Linnets,
too numerous to mention; they came in clouds from N.E. to W.S.W. At
the Nore, Aug. 4th to Dec. 6th and 7th, on forty-four days; on Dec.
6th and 7th, by hundreds all day, often mixed with Starlings, Linnets
and Sparrows. At the North Foreland, on Sept. 17th, a few; Oct. 16th,
midnight, misty, fourteen Larks and ten Starlings; 17th, between 3 and
4 a.m., ten Larks and nine Starlings struck. At the Goodwin, Sept. 17th
to Dec. 7th, on nineteen days, going W. or N.W. or W.N.W.; Oct. 13th
and 15th, in shoals throughout night; 13th to 22nd, "great rush." At
the Gull-stream, Oct. 16th to 22nd, "great rush," flocks two hundred
yards apart, passing westward. At the East-side, Oct. 9th to Dec. 12th,
on seven days, E. to W.; on Sept. 23rd, going N. to S., with a N.E.
wind blowing. At the South-sand Head, Oct. 12th, 3 a.m., dense fog,
"great rush," thousands of Larks and other birds, many killed; Dec.
1st, 3 p.m., dense fog and snow, "final rush," Larks, Starlings, and
fifty Curlews; twelve Starlings caught on board, but no Larks. Mr. J.
H. Gurney, jun., writing from Lowestoft, says, "On Wednesday (Oct.
22nd), the arrival of Larks here was regular throughout the day." On
Oct. 29th, at Spurn Point, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, of Leeds, says, "Sky
Larks arriving and passing south in thousands the whole day." Immense
numbers also arrived on the Lincolnshire coast in the last fortnight of
October. (At Heligoland, Oct. 29th, S.E., and E., "_Alauda arboreus_,
many.")
[Footnote 9: Birds passing this station were all passing to E. or
E.S.E. or S.E. in October. On Nov. 24th great numbers of Larks and
Starlings were observed passing to N.N.E. See general remarks at end of
report.--_J. C._]
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