. Birds through the year . ^gfiprr*** FIELDFARES THE GREAT MIGRATION April sees the departure of all the winter birds but a fewstragglers, and the incoming of the great mass of the summerbreeding species. Many of the birds of passage are alsopassing through the country on their northward way. Thegreen sandpiper and the whimbrel are some of the bestknown of these spring travellers; the green sandpiper oftenhaunts sheltered streams with oozy banks for many daystogether, and the loud call of the whimbrel falls from the skyin the spring nights. Many other birds of passage belong tospecies which al
. Birds through the year . ^gfiprr*** FIELDFARES THE GREAT MIGRATION April sees the departure of all the winter birds but a fewstragglers, and the incoming of the great mass of the summerbreeding species. Many of the birds of passage are alsopassing through the country on their northward way. Thegreen sandpiper and the whimbrel are some of the bestknown of these spring travellers; the green sandpiper oftenhaunts sheltered streams with oozy banks for many daystogether, and the loud call of the whimbrel falls from the skyin the spring nights. Many other birds of passage belong tospecies which also nest in ordinary English neighbourhoods ;and these can only be guessed at, not certainly identified, bytheir restless movements and their departure soon after theyappear. Even in the case of summer visitors, such as thetree-pipit or whinchat, there is often an interval of a week ormore between the passing of the first parties, bound for moredistant haunts, and the arrival of the nesting pairs. The departure of the birds
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