Posted by sydney on Feb 27th, 1781
Vast storm. Had the duration of this storm been equal to it’s strength, nothing could have withstood it’s fury. As it was, it did prodigious damage. The tiles were blown from the roof of Newton church with such violence, that shivers from the them broke the windows of the great farm-house at near 30 yards distance. This storm blew the alcove back into the hedge, & threw down the stone dial-post.
Posted by sydney on Feb 18th, 1781
The storms in the beginning of the week did great damage by sea, & land.
Posted by sydney on Feb 16th, 1781
No hares frequent the garden.
Posted by sydney on Feb 15th, 1781
Strong N. aurora: very red in the N.E.
Posted by sydney on Feb 14th, 1781
A pair of ravens build in the hanger.
Posted by sydney on Feb 13th, 1781
Stormy all night. Much thatch blown-off, & some trees thrown down.
Posted by sydney on Feb 12th, 1781
Sea-gulls appear: in stormy weather they leave the sea.
Posted by sydney on Feb 10th, 1781
The nuthatch brings his nuts almost every day to the alcove, & fixing them in one corner of the pediment drills holes in their sides, & after he has picked out the kernels, throws the shells to the ground.
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