April.
Mr. Jary's diary continued:—April 4th. W. Wigeon all gone. 14th. N.W. About 150 Wigeon and four Shovelers. [18th. Six Wild Geese, A.P.] 22nd. W., strong. Eight Shovelers and several Curlew and Grey Plovers, 28th. W., strong. About seventy Wigeon, and a Spoonbill (?).
The Rev. M.C. Bird's notes continued:—April 1st. Very many Yellowhammers. 6th. Large flocks of Starlings flying N.W. in the evening. 20th. About twenty Crossbills at Brunstead. 23rd. Garganey Teal seen; none known to have bred in the Broad District this year. 26th. Two Jack-Snipes.
The above is the only note I have of Crossbills for this year, with the exception of some at Belton, in Suffolk, where Mr. Lowne assures me they have been four seasons, and perhaps bred. During the month a pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers were observed running up and down some dwarf apple-trees in the garden of Shrimpling Rectory (Southwell).
May.
Mr. Jary's Diary:—May 3rd. S.E., strong. A lot of Whimbrel, six Shoveler Ducks, and a great number of Dunlin and Ring-Dotterel. 9th. N.E. A good many Whimbrel and some Grey Plover [black-breasted, A.P.]. 12th. N.E., strong. A pair of Shovelers and about fifty Bar-tailed Godwits. [16th. A pair of Shovelers, A.P.]
Mr. Bird's notes continued:—May 1st. An Osprey seen at Potter Heigham. 10th. Fifteen Ruffs and Reeves seen; Pied Flycatcher at Runton. 26th. Three Cormorants. Cormorants have been rather common, but I have only heard of one Shag.
June.
Mr. Jary's Breydon diary continued:—June 4th. N.E., strong. Twelve Spoonbills came to-day, and left again in less than two hours' time. 7th. W. Another Spoonbill and six Cormorants. 9th. S.W. Spoonbills gone. 11th. W. Two more Spoonbills. 13th. S.W. Spoonbills left to-day. 15th. S.W. Another Spoonbill. 18th. N.W. Spoonbill gone. 27th. N.E. Another Spoonbill came to-day, and went away again.
