Identifier: birdsofberwicksh02muir (find matches)
Title: The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Muirhead, George
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Edinburgh, David Douglas
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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reech and hollow, frightened the ancient inhabitants of the county. On passing from the Whiteheugh towards St. Abbs Heada small breeding station of this species is seen on the cliffsimmediately to the east of the Lighthouse, and after roundingthe Head considerable colonies are found on the CleaverEock, Foul Carr, the precipices at the Kamparts, Skelly,and Flot Carr. There is also a nesting place on the faceof the steep cliff which looks towards the west, betweenWest Hurker and Petticowick Harbour.^ When we reach 1 James Melville in his Autobiography mentions the spring of delicious waterwhich still exists at Petticowick. Describing his flight in an open boat towardsBerwick in June 1584, to escape from his persecutor Arran, he says: It fell dea<lcalm about the sun drawing laigh. Coming under the Craig, we rowed in withina pretty little howe betwixt the Main and the Head, where, easily going a-land, werefreshed us with cold water and wine, and, returning to our boat, sleeped the dead
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THE COMMON GUILLEMOT. 299 Broadhaven Bay a small colony is seen on the rocks there,and another at the Eavens Heugh ; further on at ThrummieCarr we find another occupying the most westerly breeding place of the Guillemot on the coast of Berwickshire. Dr. Johnston of Berwick, in his address to the Berwick-shire Naturalists Club on its first anniversary meeting held at Coldstream, 19th September 1832, referring to a visit of the Club to St. Abbs Head in July of that year, remarks that: Many of the rocks are insulated, of a pyramidal form, and soar to a great height. The bases of most are solid, but in some pierced through and arched. They arecovered with the dung of innumerable flocks of birds which resort here annually to breed, and fill every little projec-tion, every hole which will give them leave to rest. Multi-tudes were swimming about, others swarmed in the air and stunned us with the variety of their croaks and screams.Kittiwakes, Sea-mews, and Black-headed Gulls, Guillemots,Auks, and Co

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