. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. charadriida:. 535 ^ THE DOTTEREL. Eudr6mias morin^llus (Linnaeus). The Dotterel usually makes its appearance in the southern and eastern counties of England towards the end of April or early in May, according to the season; leaving for the south in August or the beginning of September. It is somewhat partial to the chalk- formation, and considerable numbers used to sojourn for a few days on the arable land of the low hills on the borders of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, as well as on the Chilterns and similar localities, on their way nort
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. charadriida:. 535 ^ THE DOTTEREL. Eudr6mias morin^llus (Linnaeus). The Dotterel usually makes its appearance in the southern and eastern counties of England towards the end of April or early in May, according to the season; leaving for the south in August or the beginning of September. It is somewhat partial to the chalk- formation, and considerable numbers used to sojourn for a few days on the arable land of the low hills on the borders of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, as well as on the Chilterns and similar localities, on their way northward. For at least a century it has been known to breed on the mountains of the Lake district, but there is no evidence that at any time during that period it was plentiful, though its numbers have undoubtedly decreased of late years. For details reference should be made to the Rev. H. A. Macpherson's ' Fauna of Lakeland,' pp. 348-358. On migration the Dotterel often lingers on the moors and marshes near the sea-coast on both sides of our island, and is of tolerably wide distribution, except in Wales, where it is of irregular occurrence. None remain during summer on the Cheviots, along which the " trips'' pass on their way northward in spring, but according to Mr. Service a few pairs have nested on the Galloway and Dumfriesshire hills; while further north the bird breeds in moderate numbers on the Grampian and Cairngorm ranges at an altitude of 2,700 to 3,000 ft., and occupies a few locali-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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