Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885. Seventh Report / (Vol. II No. 2)

Chapter 3: PREFACE.

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A committee compiles observations from lighthouse and lightship station diaries around the British Isles documenting spring and autumn 1885 bird migrations. It lists stations and reporters, summarizes methods, and maps positions. The data show compressed, late spring movements concentrated in early May under prevailing easterly and southeasterly winds, pronounced but brief autumn rushes between mid-October and mid-November, and notable local events such as intense passages at the Isle of May and cross-directional flights of species like woodcock. Analyses emphasize rejecting the label accidental for regular but atypical movements and recommend continued systematic lighthouse-based monitoring.

PREFACE.

The following Report contains a summary of investigations of a Committee reappointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Aberdeen, in 1885, to consist of Professor Newton, Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown, Mr John Cordeaux, Mr W. Eagle Clarke, Mr R. M. Barrington, and Mr A. G. More, for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent of the Master and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, the Commissioners of Northern Lights, and the Commissioners of Irish Lights) observations on the Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting on the same at Birmingham in 1886. Mr Cordeaux to be the Secretary.

The returns relating to Scotland have been arranged by Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown; for the East Coast of England, by Mr Cordeaux; for the West Coast of England, by Mr W. Eagle Clarke; and those for the Coasts of Ireland, by Mr E. M. Barrington and Mr A. G. More.