January 26, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 26th, 1776
Snow very thick on the roofs & in areas.
January 23, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 23rd, 1776
Therm: in London areas 20. The ground covered with snow & everything frozen up.
January 21, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 21st, 1776
Flocks of wild-geese pass over. Snow lies very deep.
January 20, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 20th, 1776
Fierce frost, sun: none since the snow fell; grey. Clouds fly some from the N.W. some from the E. Hares, compelled by hunger, come into my garden, & eat the pinks. Lambs fall, & are frozen to the ground.
January 19, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 19th, 1776
Snow falling, grey & light, dark & still.
January 18, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 18th, 1776
Cats catch all the birds that come in from the cold. Wagtails retire to brooks, & rivulets; there they find the aureliae of water-insects. Titmice pull the mosses & lichens off from the trees in quest of grubs &c: Nuthatches do the same.
January 17, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 17th, 1776
Rooks come to dunghills close to houses. Sky-larks resort to farm-yards.
January 16, 1776
Posted by sydney on Jan 16th, 1776
The brambling appears in farm-yards among the chaffinches. It is rare in these parts.
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