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This week in Stillingfleet's 1755 Norfolk "Wind high; Rooks sport and dash about as in play, and repair their nests". Chestnut leaves grow yellow as Birch trees turn to gold. Marsh Elder grows pink in the shortening days.

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2020-10-04

This week in Stillingfleet's 1755 as ferns turn brown in cooler weather, the Woodlark sings, and Swallows depart. A full moon rises over the Norfolk countryside.

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2020-09-20

Berger also observed two fruit trees, Mulberry and Fig, fading in that first week of September, 1755.

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2020-08-30

This week in Stillingfleet's 1755 Rooks roost in their nesting trees, while the Goat Sucker, or Nightjar, is no longer heard at night. Yellow Devil's Bit is in bloom, as Peas and Wheat are ready for harvest.

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2020-08-17

"After the return of the Wheat Ear...there is seldom any severe frost," wrote Alex Berger in May, 1755. "When you see the White Wagtail, you may turn your sheep into the fields; and when you see the Wheat Ear, you may sow your grain."

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2020-05-05

As the first shoots of St. John's Wort and Bryony crept from the earth, Norfolk botanist Benjamin Stillingfleet found Lilac and Cranesbill in flower in 1755.

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2020-04-27

It's raining today, and there is snow in the forecast! ❄️ In Norfolk, in 1755, Benjamin Stillingfleet observed that the Mountain Cowslip (or Bear's Ears!) was in bud by April 9. On this day, the Nightingale sang.

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2020-04-09

March 29: Red currant is in bud, according to Stillingfleet's 1755 recorded in Norfolk. Ribes rubrum. Choix des plus belles fleurs: et des plus beaux fruits by Redouté. https://t.co/TpJel3hBRZ via .

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2020-03-30

March 26: Speedwell and Alder flower. From Stillingfleet's via . https://t.co/n8aAFvtGDu. Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm) / Public domain. Salicyna / CC BY-SA (https://t.co/qy6ZZx2AMk)

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2020-03-26