Hawthorn and bramble. High hedge by roadside, between Gipsy Lane and Dog Kennel Hill, Leagrave - Sundon Road. The nest was 6ft high.
This nest was deserted and in ruins, and there were four eggs, one of which fell through the bottom of the nest when I touched it. Gipsy Lane is part of the old Roman road "The Icknield Way", which crosses the country from East to West, and is now just a grass grown way in many places, though in others it is incorporated in the modern roads. Along here today I found Greenfinch with 6 eggs much incubated, whitethroat nearly ready for eggs and thrush's nest which had met with disaster. Caught no butterflies, though there were some on the wing, mostly Whites. Herb Robert blooming in quantity in Gipsy Lane. Along roadside found greenfinch with 2 eggs, bullfinch with 2, linnet with 5 much incubated, and blackbird with 1. Saw cock redbacked shrike in usual haunts. Cuckoos, numerous and in full song. Went to Harpenden to tea at Mrs Greenham's in evening.
Leagrave, Sundon, Bedfordshire, May 15th.
This nest was deserted and in ruins, and there were four eggs, one of which fell through the bottom of the nest when I touched it. Gipsy Lane is part of the old Roman road "The Icknield Way", which crosses the country from East to West, and is now just a grass grown way in many places, though in others it is incorporated in the modern roads. Along here today I found Greenfinch with 6 eggs much incubated, whitethroat nearly ready for eggs and thrush's nest which had met with disaster. Caught no butterflies, though there were some on the wing, mostly Whites. Herb Robert blooming in quantity in Gipsy Lane. Along roadside found greenfinch with 2 eggs, bullfinch with 2, linnet with 5 much incubated, and blackbird with 1. Saw cock redbacked shrike in usual haunts. Cuckoos, numerous and in full song. Went to Harpenden to tea at Mrs Greenham's in evening.
Leagrave, Sundon, Bedfordshire, May 15th.
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