May 21
Posted by sydney on May 21st, 2008
- 1793: May 21, 1793 – Timothy eats much.
- 1792: May 21, 1792 – The cock missel-thrush sings on the tops of the tall firs.
- 1787: May 21, 1787 – Mr Charles Etty returns from Canton. He left England in March 1785, & sailed first for Bombay. White-thorn bloom fragrant.
- 1785: May 21, 1785 – The kidney-beans are cut down. Potted several balsoms, a fine sort saved last year.
- 1784: May 21, 1784 – Men bring up peat from the forest.
- 1778: May 21, 1778 – Rooks bring their young out, after the chafers.
- 1776: May 21, 1776 – Medlar blows: this is the most uncouth tree in its growth, the boughs never continuing streight for two feet together.
- 1775: May 21, 1775 – Mr Yalden’s tank is dry.
- 1774: May 21, 1774 – Apple-trees in fine bloom. Began to tack some shoots of vines. Few whitethroats this year.
- 1772: May 21, 1772 – Fogs, shower. Soaking shower.
- 1770: May 21, 1770 – No flesh-flies yet. Cartway runs.
- 1769: May 21, 1769 – Musca meridiana. This fly smells strongly of musk. White owls have young.
- 1768: May 21, 1768 – Lanius minor ruffus, red-backed butcher-bird, shot near the village. It’s gizzard was full of the legs & parts of beetles.
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