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26th-29th April 1944. 
All dry & mostly entirely sunny with keen breeze, but forenoon of 29th dull.  Many plants came into flower at this period, both in garden & other places, e.g. Hawthorn (old trees in Rathmines & Leinster Roads!), Horse Chestnuts, Clematis montana (at back gate!), Vaccinium oxycoccus (in tub!), V. Vitis-Idaea (in garden!);  Raspberry & Black Currants (in garden!);  Irish Spurge full out (some flowers out previous week:  in front garden!)

28th, saw first Bassid (Ich.) in back garden at 5 P.M. = ♂︎ Homocidus subopacus ♂︎, ant. 22.

29th.  At 7 P.M. saw a solitary Swift hawking over Westfield Rd., several times in half an hour.

30th April.
Took a ♂︎ Sigalphus cf. aciculatus Ratz. (ant. 25) at birch (?) in garden, 14 Clareville Rd.


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30th April 1944.

An almost perfect day, with the sun never obscured, very hot, with strong westerly breeze, falling glass & clouds on N. horizon.

Left home on bikes at 10.15 & rode to Louisa Bridge, Rye Water, Leixlip, Co. KD., arriving at 11.45.  Stayed there till 6 P.M. & collected by sweeping in five areas as follows:-

1 = Sedgy marsh, &c., on left bank of Rye Water, 100 yards above the aqueduct.

2 = Second field above aqueduct on right bank of Rye Water & a few in marsh in first "field".

3 = Mr. Mitchell's plantation on Royal Canal, 1/2-mile W. of Louisa Bridge

4 = W. side of 3rd field west of Louisa Bridge, between canal & Maynooth road.

5 = Wet ditch in SE. corner of same field.

Forty birds listed during day by Daisy, including Whitethroat (in many places!), Sedge Warbler (Rye Water), Sandpiper (by canal), Cuckoo & Corncrake.

Two Wood White Butterflies seen by canal, W. of Louisa Bridge.  Many small dragonflies probably all P. nymphula.