Signs of springtime

[nickyboy]

Plenty of lapwings on the higher pastures, Oystercatchers too. No Curlews which is a bit of a surprise as they tend to be at similar altitudes to the lapwings.

No Golden Plover yet but they tend to only be up around 1500ft whereas the Lapwings are around 700-1200ft so maybe that's why

 

[hopless500]

Dawn chorus is ramping up, the daffs are up everywhere, blossom appearing on the trees and leaves appearing on deciduous bushes. All geared up for a nice heavy frost

 

[Accy cyclist]

The bloke who works in the local cemetery has started to cut the grass again.

Give it another few weeks and we'll be able to see the pigeon wagon pass by on a Friday night, around 7.35 pm. They let them fly off from my local pub.

 

[biggs682]

Our Tulips are out

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Daffs are almost out

 

[Yellow Fang]

It's supposed to be winter until 21st March. It certainly does not seem like winter now.

 

[flake99please]

Let's get this weekend out of the way first. Storms are on their way from across the pond.

 

[Freds Dad]

[QUOTE 4721079, member: 259"]I own half a horse. Well, at least I pay for half a horse and I have to brush the bloody thing.

But I get free poo.[/QUOTE]

I take it you own the back half.

 

[Sandra6]

It was the first time I didn't put the heater on at work, so it must be getting warmer. And I had to take my gloves off on the way home.

 

[marknotgeorge]

Anyone who works in an office knows that spring is when printing stuff turns from this:

To this:

 

[Dave7]

Heard my first tweet of the dawn chorus this morning, not an electronic tweet or a Radio4 Tweet of the Day, but a real live bird staking out it's claim to fornicate in my back garden.

How can you say so categorically it wants to "fornicate". It may well be married to its tweeting partner. I think you should retract that and issue a public apology..........immediately.

 

[booze and cake]

These all from today in London, spring is here, the magnolias are flowering

And the cherry trees are starting to look a bit showy too

And as for non visual clues, spring was made official for me today as I got my first mouthful of insects of the season, cycling through an unexpected cloud of midges/gnats while cycling along the Serpentine this afternoon, yay!

 

[palinurus]

Ice cream van woke me up from my after-work nap

 

[jefmcg]

fornicate

so what would you suggest? "Make sweet, sweet love"?

 

[flake99please]

Tweet, tweet love?