August 18, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 18th, 1774
Two swifts were seen again on this day at Fyfield: none afterwards. Two last swifts seen at Blackburn in Lancashire.
August 17, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 17th, 1774
Wheat harvest general. Large sea-gulls.
August 15, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 15th, 1774
Showers & sun. Meonstoke a sweet district.
August 12, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 12th, 1774
Fly-catchers bring out young broods. Mich. daisy blows. Apricots ripen. Some martins, dispossessed of their nests by sparrows, return to them again when their enemies are shot, & breed in them. Several pairs of martins have not yet brought forth their first brood. They meet with interruptions, & leave their nests.
August 11, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 11th, 1774
One of my vines looks pale & sickly. Ivy budds for bloom: it blows in Octr & Novr. and the fruit ripens in April.
August 9, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 9th, 1774
Young martins abound. Wheat-harvest begins with us. The swifts appear again.
August 7, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 7th, 1774
Much wheat blighted. Swifts have not appear’d for these two evenings.
August 6, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 6th, 1774
The trufle-hunter took one pound of trufles at Fyfield. Swifts disappeared at Fyfield on this day. A colony of swifts builds in the tower of London. Swifts in general seemed to withdraw from us on this day. Annuals are stunted, & not likely to blow well.
August 4, 1774
Posted by sydney on Aug 4th, 1774
Swifts began to withdraw about this time at Blackburn in Lancashire.
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