December 17, 1773
Posted by sydney on Dec 17th, 1773
Chaffinches– many cocks among them. Black rabbits are pretty common the Chilgrove warren. The parish-well in Findon-village is 200 feet-deep: at Moontham on the down the well is full 350 feet. Mr Wood’s well at Chilgrove is 156 feet deep; & yet in some very wet seasons is brimfull: his cellars are some times full.
December 16, 1773
Posted by sydney on Dec 16th, 1773
They, the shepherds, do not take any wheatears W. of Houghton bridge.
December 15, 1773
Posted by sydney on Dec 15th, 1773
Large gulls on the downs. Some bustards are bred in the parish of Findon. Fieldfares.
December 11, 1773
Posted by sydney on Dec 11th, 1773
Flocks of chaffinches: & multitudes of buntings at the foot of mount Caborn. Rooks visit their nest-trees every morning just at the dawn of day, being preceeded a few minutes by a flight of daws: & again about sunset. At the close of day they retire into deep woods to roost.
December 9, 1773
Posted by sydney on Dec 9th, 1773
Rooks attend their nest-trees in frost only morning & evening.
December 5, 1773
Posted by sydney on Dec 5th, 1773
Rooks spend most of their time in mild weather on their nest-trees; some stares & jack-daws attend them.
December 4, 1773
Posted by sydney on Dec 4th, 1773
The county of Sussex abounds in turneps.
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