October 10, 1773
Posted by sydney on Oct 10th, 1773
Storm that broke the boughs from the hedges. Many swallows & martins. Much barley & vetches abroad. The housed & ricked barley in wet condition; it heats much.
October 9, 1773
Posted by sydney on Oct 9th, 1773
Many martins appear again. Mr Yalden’s barley abroad: it has large corn & full of clover. * The breed of partridges was good this year: pheasants are very scarce; hardly any eyes to be found. We abound usually in pheasants. In some counties pheasants are so scarce that the Gent. have agreed to refrain from killing any. Rains ever since the first of Sepr.
October 8, 1773
Posted by sydney on Oct 8th, 1773
Rooks frequent wallnut trees, & carry off the fruit.
October 7, 1773
Posted by sydney on Oct 7th, 1773
Wasps cease to appear. Swallows & martins seem to be gone.
October 4, 1773
Posted by sydney on Oct 4th, 1773
Vetches & pease are mostly spoiled. Martins. Mr Yalden has 10 acres of barley abroad.
October 3, 1773
Posted by sydney on Oct 3rd, 1773
Grey, dark showers, dry & windy. Glass falls at a vast rate.
October 2, 1773
Posted by sydney on Oct 2nd, 1773
Swallows do not resort to chimnies for some time before they retire. Titlarks abound on the common. Martins are the shortest-winged & least agile of all the swallow-tribe. They take their prey in a middle region, not so high as the swifts: nor do they usually sweep the ground so low as the swallows. Breed the latest of all the swallow genus: last year they had young nestlings on to the 21 of Octr. They usually stay later than their congeners. Lat year 20 or 30 were playing all day long by the side of the hanger, & over my fields on Novr. 3rd. After that they were seen no more.
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