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Birdlife in the Suez Canal; call at Port Said |
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The Lagoons to the west of the Canal were alive with birds. Duck, Sandpipers, Dunlins, Stints, Stilt-plovers, in myriads. Numerous herons & flamingoes in large flocks but rather far off. One pelican seen. The Ducks were hard to identify as the shimmering light blurred them; but Shovellers were numerous & conspicuous & I think that Gadwall & Garganey both were there. Very few geese to be seen. Of land-birds I saw Kites, Peregrines, Kingfishers (both Ceryle and ispida), & ? a Marsh Harrier. |
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Arrived at Port Said at 9 a.m. I watched some very clever native jugglers on board & then went ashore for a short while. Coaling took a long time & we did not sail till 4.45 pm. H.M.S. "Ajax" left for Constantinople, passing quite close to us & looking fine, with 10 twelve-inch guns in pairs. |
