6_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, flocks of Starlings, 9 to 11.30 p.m.,
wind light S.S.W., overcast, apparently going N.E. Kish Bank Lt.-ship,
several flocks of Barnacle, wind S.W., clear. Broadhaven, twelve Wild
Geese, 8.10 a.m., wind very strong S., foggy.
7_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, small flock of Linnets, 10.30 a.m., wind
fresh S.S.E., heavy rain, hazy, going N.E. Rathlin Island, forty Black
Crows, 3 p.m., wind fresh S.W., clear, going S. Arran Island North, ten
Gannets, wind fresh S.W., gloomy: also a large flock of Gulls.
8_th._--Kish Bank Lt.-ship, several flocks of Wild Ducks, wind S.W.,
gloomy. Innishtrahull, one small Hawk, 10 a.m., wind fresh S.E., hazy.
9_th._--Howth Baily, twenty-nine Crows flying to the south, 12.10 p.m.,
wind light S.W., gloomy.
10_th._--Rathlin Island, 600 Gulls, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., wind fresh S.E.,
gloomy, on the water. Clare Island, flocks of Grey Linnets, 7.30 a.m.,
wind strong S.S.W., cloudy, going S. Slyne Head North, continuous
flocks of Barnacle going S. from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., wind fresh S.W.,
rain.
11_th._--Oyster Island North, flock of Starlings and Lapwings, 11.30
a.m., wind light S.E., gloomy, Starlings apparently old birds.
12_th._--Rathlin Island, 400 Gulls, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., wind very strong
N.W., gloomy, on the water. Slyne Head North, one Blackbird, 4 a.m.,
wind light S.W., misty, killed.
13_th._--Kish Bank Lt.-ship, a flock of Chaffinches going from E. to
W., clear.
14_th._--No entry.
15_th._--Copeland Island, eleven Snow Buntings, 3 p.m., wind strong W.,
went to mainland. Clare Island, small flock of Wild Ducks, 4 p.m., wind
very strong W., cloudy, ugly, going S.E.
16_th._--Howth Baily, seven Cormorants flying N., 11.15 a.m., wind
fresh S.W., cloudy. Rathlin Island, seven Gannets, 4 p.m., wind very
strong N.W., gloomy, going E.
17_th._--Rathlin Island, thirty Linnets, 11 a.m., wind strong N.W.,
showers, going S.
18_th._--Coningbeg Lt.-ship, four Gannets, 10 a.m., wind fresh S.,
rain, flying E. Two Larks killed. Kish Bank Lt.-ship, a large flock
of Starlings going from E. to W., hazy. Copeland Island, six Magpies,
10.30 a.m., wind fresh S.E., went to mainland. Oyster Island North,
fifty Barnacle, 10.20 a.m., wind light S.E., rain, going S.E.
19_th._--Rathlin O'Birne, eight "Sepoys," 8 a.m., wind strong S.,
overcast.
20_th._--Galley Head, fifty Golden Plovers, 1 p.m., wind fresh E.N.E.,
clear, frosty, flying N. Coningbeg Lt.-ship, Gannets from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., passing E. and W. in two's and four's, wind strong S.W., clear.
Rathlin Island, seventeen Golden Plover, 10 a.m., wind very strong W.,
clear, came from north, stopped on island. Slyne Head North, flock of
Rooks going N., 12 noon, wind light S., rain.
21_st._--Coningbeg Lt.-ship, Gannets from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., passing E.
and W., wind strong W.
22_nd._--Arran Island South, large numbers of Skua Gulls passing, wind
W., stormy, rain, thunder, going S.
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