12_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, two Stormy Petrels, 12.30 p.m., wind
strong W.N.W., cloudy; seldom seen at this station; remained about the
ship all evening. Kish Bank Lt.-ship, two flocks of Ducks, 10.30 a.m.,
strong S.W. breeze, clear. Howth Baily, three Gannets flying N.E.,
10.45 a.m., wind fresh W., clear. Innishtrahull, one Teal, 9 p.m., wind
N.W., a hurricane, struck lantern. Rathlin O'Birne, four Barnacles,
11 p.m., wind very strong N.W., showery. Oyster Island North, 100
Barnacles, 2.30 p.m., wind N.W., wild and showery. Arran Island North,
large flocks of Gannets and Gulls all day, wind very strong N.W., rain.
13_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, two Sparrowhawks, 9.30 a.m., wind light
N.N.E., clear, going N.; seldom seen at this station. Arran Island
North, large flocks of Gulls all day, wind very strong N.N.W., rain.
14_th._--Rathlin O'Birne, one Martin killed against lantern, wind
very strong N. Arran Island North, large flocks of different species
of Gulls all day, wind very strong N.W., rain; flock of Wild Geese, 8
p.m., came from S.W., going N.
15_th._--Arranmore, continuous flocks of Barnacles, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
each flock numbering four to eighty, commenced to come from the north
on this date, wind strong N. Broadhaven, ten Wild Ducks, 8.30 a.m.,
wind strong S.W., rain.
16_th._--Rathlin Island, sixty Gannets, 3 p.m., wind fresh N.W.,
cloudy, going W. Rathlin O'Birne, twenty Barnacles, 3 p.m., wind strong
S., overcast. Arran Island North, flock of Gannets and Gulls, 4 p.m.,
wind fresh S., clear.
17_th._--Rathlin Island, 100 Skua Gulls, 2 p.m., wind fresh S.W.,
cloudy.
18_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, large numbers of Gulls, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., wind strong S.S.E., clear, apparently feeding about the ship.
Rockabill, Oct. 18th to 26th, twelve Redbreasts, seven Common Wrens,
and about fifteen young Starlings seen on the rock. Arranmore, flocks
of Gannets from two to twenty began to come from the south, going
north, on this date, and continue to the end of the month at intervals
of fifteen to twenty minutes during daytime; cannot be seen or heard
during night.
19_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, small flocks of Starlings, 9.30 a.m.
to noon, wind high S.E., cloudy, trying to get to S.E., driven towards
shore by the force of the wind; two Stormy Petrels, 11 a.m. to dusk,
wind high S.E., remained at ship all day. Slyne Head South, one Snipe,
3 a.m., very stormy, showery, killed. Arran Island North, large flock
of Gulls all day, very stormy wind S.E.
20_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, large flocks of Larks, 10 a.m., wind
very strong E.S.E., clear, going N. Howth Baily, flocks of Gulls flying
in all directions during the day, wind strong S.E., gloomy. Rathlin
Island, fifty Plovers, 1 p.m., wind high, stormy, remained on island;
forty White-backed Crows, always on island. Clare Island, large flock
of Gannets, 9 a.m., wind strong E., going N.W. Arran Island North,
large flock of Gulls all day, wind very strong S.E., gloomy.
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