Field notes, v1442
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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