IDICKER 1971 Oct. 11 cont. continued working the grid. The cold was even higher than yesterday. It has raining lightly for most of the morning. Tony Davis came at 11.00 as planned. It is quite rough & windy, but otherwise we had a very pleasant boat trip back. Peter & Dave took us London via the A-4 (M-4) which struck through S. Wales & on the Severn Bridge. We stopped for lunch just just in Whitland, & again for a quick pint over the Severn Bridge (Blackwell's). We had dinner in Reading. It rained almost the whole trip back. The only bird worth was [illegible], Cormorant, gull, a Black-tailed Gull (at Mortimershaven). We arrived N. F. Finally ~2140. During the morning's trip, check another dead shag was found. It had been dead too long to skin so I killed it = female (WZL #3265). Birds seen on Skomer Island during the 4 day period: Many Shrewmice - numerous dead & few all rushed; only 1 seen alive & it led a hard case of puffinosis Gannet - 15+ Shag - 1 Mellard - cwr. hundred aerial & also flew out to land in ocean or Wade (shaded) some green-winged [illegible] seen at distance, on put-putt bird. Small number of another black duck seen - jort, pintail Buzzard - ~6 on island Peregrine - 1