Papilio Atalanta. This is an autumnal fly, & therefore must appear at this season by accident. Fine rains about the kingdom; but little to the advantage of our district. At Lyndon in Rutland, the first swallow was seen April 14: first swift April 29: first H. martin May 6.
Fern-owls chatter in the highwood & hanger.
The long rows of tulips make a gallant shew.
House-snails abound now: scarce any have appeared before on account of the long drought.
One swift at Bramshot; one at Selborne. At Blackburn in Lancashire swallows first seen April 15; swifts April 28; house-martins May 4th. Cuckow sings April 28; laughing wren sings Apr. 17. Several ponds are dry.
Sowed two boxes of polyanth-seed from London. Sowed a large bed of carrots, which could not be sowed before on account of the long dry season. Ground still dry & harsh. Some oaks & ashes half in leaf. Trees more than a fortnight forwards than they have been for some years past.
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