August 28, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 28th, 1769
Much wheat abroad in this parish. Plums and pears crack with the rain.
August 25, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 25th, 1769
Great showers about. Male & female ants migrate at a great rate filling the ground & air.
August 21, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 21st, 1769
Vast showers about. People here housed all day. Vine-leaves begin to turn purple.
August 20, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 19th, 1769
Bulls begin to make their shrill autumnal note.
August 18, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 18th, 1769
Martins congregate on the roofs of houses.
August 10, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 10th, 1769
Mr Sheffield of Worcester Coll. went in to Wolmer-forest & procured me a green sand-piper, Tringa Aldrov; Tringa ochropus Lin. They were in pairs & had been seen about by many people on the streams, & banks of the ponds.
August 9, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 9th, 1769
Wheat begins to be cut at Selborne. Swifts appear to be gone. Swallows congregate in trees with their young & whistle much. Young martins begin to congregate on ye wallnut trees. Nuthatch chirps much. One swift appears. Caprimulgus chatters.
August 7, 1769
Posted by sydney on Aug 7th, 1769
Showers to the S. Wheat, rye, oats, barley cutting round the forest.
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