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L / DICKER
1971
Stock Dove - 2 chuffs + 2 squabs
Gannet - 1
Curlew - 1, Starling - our.
Alf much helped Barry just up bird nests at
"Work Park" - in which he shortly caught a snipe,
Sold. 16
Another warm day, but foggy until about 1730 when
it gradually cleared up. L / sho birds from the West. Before
Breakfast saw our : Wrens - 2 + Gold crests-2 (from both,
Alf & Dick just by Barry)
We picked up all traps except those at Sky Rocks. Catches:
The Nook - 2
Sky Rock - 7 (2 good ory 2)
N. cliffs - 5
Compound run - 4 Total = 18
We processed 10 of the 18 ours and a forwarded the other 8 for
transport back to London. On 9 of the group gone back to
Sky, (10./106) in the trap, so we need 3 of her contents
for critical information on pigeons otherwise. At the afternoon
we searched the compound for missing traps & found 5
glens - trap efficiency good 2 year ago. As 4 of these 5 ducks
were 2 jims, 4 1/2 after dinner we processed a nos.
118 + 1189 - ending catch for the day = 20. About 1730
to 1825 we took 25 traps & went then along the NW
& W cliffs of the island. This, with the 23 running at
Sky Rocks gives us a total of 48 days out. From 1450
to 1610 & took a walk along inside of island