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8th-10th April 1947. 

Fresh snow on hills over 1700 ft. following terrific hail shower on night of 6th & probably some on 7th (Easter Monday) night.  On afternoon of 8th Daisy saw a ♀︎ Bombus lucorum in front garden, 14 Clareville Rd.  On 9th at 7.30 P.M. (S.T.) a ♀︎ B. lucorum was on ♀︎ Salix cinerea in back garden, this being now well in flower.  At 2.30 on 10th many Honey Bees & 1♀︎ B. lucorum were at this willow, & between 7.0 & 8.0 P.M. (S.T.) 4♀︎♀︎ B. lucorum were on it simultaneously!

On 9th we went by bus to Bohernabreena (3.5 P.M. from Terenure) & walked up road past R.C. Chapel to ca. 700 ft & then cut up lane to old quarry on saddle S.W. of & above Mt. Pelier Ho. ruins;  down past ruins to road & so back to crossroads at Old Barn & home by 5 P.M. bus.  On way down, just below ruins, Daisy spotted a male Wheatear - our first of the season! - but no other migrants seen.

11th April 1947. 

At 5.30 P.M. two ♀︎♀︎ of Bombus lucorum & 1♀︎ B jonellus were in back garden;  the former at Salix cinerea, the latter investigating the joints in the brickwork of Ellis's wall.  At 1.45 P.M. I took a sawfly running about on the Galtee Cerastium near Salix cinerea! there = Ponania ♂︎


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12th April 1947. 

The third nice sunny day, with S.W. rather keen wind.  Many Forsythias now in flower including Miss Allen's & that in Earlsfort Terrace.  Anemone appenina first flower opened by path to front gate;  this plant now flourishing, since I started a few years ago protecting it during the heat of summer by covering it with cut grass.


13th April 1947 (Sunday & on duty in Art Museum in afternoon). 

Another fine sunny day, with strong cool S.W. wind. 

In forenoon saw a ♀︎ Bombus terrestris at Salix cinerea in back garden, several times, & also examining the unopened buds on black currant bushes as if she knew the flowers should have been open in normal season, although she, herself, could have had no experience of Black Currant flower or nectar! as only the earliest ☿☿ larvae  might have been fed on this the previous season.


15th April 1947. 
Sunny with strong S.W. wind as before.  White "garden" Mossy Saxifrage out in front garden, which usually does not flower until after, sometimes long after the red form.  Planted potatoes in back garden! 


16th April 1947. 
Another fine, sunny, windy day, with rain threatening in evening & eventually coming on about 9 P.M. for a couple of hours.  Went in afternoon to visit J.N. Halbert at Glenageary & home about