Signs of springtime

[MichaelW2]

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.

 

[Spinney]

You put it so poetically!

 

[Glenn]

Saw bees out on the gorse last week in Cornwall

 

[ColinJ]

Spring ...? We still had snow on the hills here in April last year and this winter seems to be a repeat of last!

 

[ianrauk]

The Daffs in my garden are starting to make an appearance

 

[Hill Wimp]

Cycling back from the beach after NYE celebrations around 1am, the birds were very loud in their acknowledgement of 2017.

 

[PeteXXX]

On yesterdays ride, in amongst the autumn leaves.. a mossy wall!

 

[Deleted member 35268]

More cyclists

 

[Glow worm]

Not many signs of spring here yet but I see that Victor, a Suffolk born cuckoo has probably begun his journey home and is already heading north.

Victor makes a large movement north - 05 Jan 2017

Over the course of a few days Victor has headed north, covering a total distance of 950km (590 miles), and arriving in northern Gabon by 3 January. Could this be the start of his return home?

It's more than likely that this is the first northward 'phase' of his annual journey but doesn't necessarily mean he'll continue. He will probably now stay in that region for a couple of weeks before moving north of the forest zone and then moving into West Africa. As he was one of the birds that went so far south this year, he may simply have started early to return to the area that would be a typical mid-winter location for our cuckoos most years.

 

[Markymark]

Had 6 Cadbury's Cream Eggs for breakfast.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Had 6 Cadbury's Cream Eggs for breakfast.

Fatty McFatface

 

[dim]

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.

it could have been worse:

Spoiler

 

[captain nemo1701]

Some bulbs I planted in November are coming up....

 

[Markymark]

Fatty McFatface

So I shouldn't tell you about the ham and chips I had with them?

 

[steve50]

Last night I had a visit from a very noisy fox, it was in the field behind my house "barking" loudly. Apparently they do this to attract a mate during mating season, I know it was bloody noisy and drove my dogs to distraction.