September 18
Posted by sydney on Sep 18th, 2008
- 1790: September 18, 1790 – My tall beech in Sparrow’s hanger, which measured 50 feet to the first fork, & 42 afterwards, is just 6 feet in girth at 2 feet above the ground. At the back of Burhant house, in an abrupt field which inclines towards nightingale-lane, stand four noble beech-trees on the edge of a steep ravin or water gully the largest of which measures 9 ft. 5. in. at about a yard from the ground. This ravin runs with a strong torrent in winter from nightingale-lane, but is dry in the summer. The beeches above are now the finest remaining in the neighbourhood, & carry fine heads. There is a romantic, perennial spring in this gully, that might be rendered very ornamental was it situated in a gentleman’s outlet.
- 1789: September 18, 1789 – Began to light fires in the parlors. Some young martins in a nest at the end of the brew-house. Small uncrested wrens, chif-chaffs, are seen in the garden.
- 1787: September 18, 1787 – Mr Churton came from Chesire.
- 1785: September 18, 1785 – A ring-ouzel shot in Hindhead.
- 1782: September 18, 1782 – The woods & hangers still look very green: the tops of the beeches are scarcely tinged.
- 1781: September 18, 1781 – Fly-catchers seem to be gone; they breed but once.
- 1780: September 18, 1780 – Timothy eats heartily.
- 1777: September 18, 1777 – Deep, wet fog. Sweet day.
- 1776: September 18, 1776 – Wagtails join with hirundines, & pursue an hawk high in the air: the former shew great command of wing on the occasion.
- 1773: September 18, 1773 – Linnets begin to congregate: they feed on the seeds of centaurea jacea.
- 1772: September 18, 1772 – Ivy begins to blow: & is the last flower which supports the hymenopterous, & dipterous, Insects. On sunny days, quite on to Novr. they swarm on the trees covered with this plant; & when they disappear probably retire under the shelter of it’s leaves, concealing themselves between it’s fibres, & the tree that it entwines.
- 1770: September 18, 1770 – Heavy showers after ’tis dark.
- 1769: September 18, 1769 – Bustards on the downs.
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