Net Weather Springwatch

[Lincs Observation]

Good afternoon all

well ive seen trees of green, red roses too i see them bloom for me and you, and i think to myself what a wonderful world, sorry could not resist anyway i know its spring now because the birds early this morning were making more din than the crowd at white hart lane on a saturday but dont get me wrong its a nice noise that time in the morning when noone is stirring...

LO

[Rollo]

I saw to red squirrels on the golf course today,this must mean something but I haven't got a clue as to what it is.

[Andy Bown]

Less than 24 hours after the cold ended, ants have been out and about this afternoon.

[Michael Fishermans Friend]

My dog attacked a blackbird yesterday, feathers everywhere! the hen blackbird was injured with a puncture wound under her eye which I cleaned up, she then slowley hopped off but whether she survived is still undetermined.

[johnholmes]

anyone like to give this a title?

John

[shuggee]

Interesting article on spring up here - it reckons we're about 2 weeks behind normal:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=466612006

[Andy Bown]

anyone like to give this a title?

John

Froggy-Back racing :blush: .

[johnholmes]

are we sitting comfortably?

yes

Then you may begin!

[flagpole]

anyone like to give this a title?

John

My hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps!

Little pond is today full of frogs and frogspawn - hurrah.

[Mondy]

anyone like to give this a title?

John

Jeez! The damn thing looks like it's pregnant already..

[Somerset Squall]

Daffs are now fully out and snowdrops have gone over. Hiyacinths are now in bloom, and forsythia is beginning to flower. There is also frog spawn in the pond. No blossom on trees as yet though.

Edited March 27, 2006 by AtmosFear

[Hurricane Debby]

Well the daffs and crocuses are only just starting to come out and the squirrells are bonking like rabbits ! Saturday I could have sworn I heard swallows (or swifts) which seems very early for them.

At long last I can finally feel spring in the air. Roll on summer

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

Crocus and daffs coming out here too.

Also, i'm sure I saw a bumble bee yesterday. Seemed very drowzy.

Oh yeah. Also saw a butterfly yesterday.

[Scribbler]

Wall-to-wall with daffodils here.

Guess what flowers the kids will give on Mother's Day?

Was Mother's Day timed to match the daffs or is it the other way round?

[Gray-Wolf]

Natures really playing 'catchup' this year. All of a sudden (in a matter of days) all the bulbs have flowered Snowdrops, Daffs, Crocus the tulips are coming on apace (and so to the Frittilaria) and the green from the Blue bells has put on a least 2"'s in the same time. Looks like this spring, though late, will be colourful!!!

P.S. I could smell the soil the other night for the first time this year!!!

Edited March 27, 2006 by Gray-Wolf

[Rollo]

Our daffodils are not quite out yet but we have crocusus everywhere-spring has definitely sprung.

[LeeKay]

A few Sand Martins passing through on the 25th at the local patch, On the same day at Jodrell bank i was watching a crow try to make its nest in the structure of the diDoh a dumb swear filter got the better of me! And today i saw my 1st bee of the year in Welshpool.

[Stoxs]

barn owls

the increase in barn owls may be due to the breed release program thar took place a few years ago ,i think it was country wide but in this area we have atleast 3 pairs working all the hedge rows and field margins.

another controbution is the change in farming practice which pays farmers to leave grass areas around fields for the owls and other species to hunt thier food

very nice to see good numbers around

as for johns picture

TOAD IN THE HOLE !!

Edited March 29, 2006 by STOXS

[Verglas]

Big black bumblebee spotted in the garden this lunchtime, temp 15ºc

[pottyprof]

I've just found a ladybird.. photo in the gardening section.. I'd forgotten about this thread.. :huh:

[Andy Bown]

Dad and I are watching Blue Tits collecting moss from the edge of our garden for their nests :huh: .

[johnholmes]

saw ladybirds about 3 days ago along with lots of frog spawn, blackbirds collecting for nesting, and today the first bumble bee and butterfly - no expert but not white, reds and blacks mainly!

John

[Polar Continental]

saw ladybirds about 3 days ago along with lots of frog spawn, blackbirds collecting for nesting, and today the first bumble bee and butterfly - no expert but not white, reds and blacks mainly!

John

Hi John,

your butterflies would most likely have been peacocks or small tortoiseshells, possibly a comma.

yes it’s been a great day to be out, mowed the lawns while the sun was out this afternoon, I too saw two peacock butterflies, one lady-bird and about twenty frogs + loads of spawn, after I had finished garding, a huge cumulonimbus cloud gathered and we had a short downpour.

Butterflies

Paul

[noggin]

I've spotted a couple of bees (don't know which sort), a ladybird, two toads and a bloomin' fly flew into my kitchen the other day. Oh, and a moth last night.....are these "seasonal" insects? I can't recall having seen any moths during the Winter.

The heavy rain that we've had over the past few days has also brought out the worms.....hadn't seen any worms for ages.

[Verglas]

There is a rookery in some old high trees near us and the rooks are well into building their nests, and if the old saying means anything, the nests are pretty high in the branches, - so they must think it's going to be a good summer.

Sparrows are again raiding the coir from some of last year's hanging baskets, going off with good beak-fulls for nest building.

(It must also be time to divide the snowdrops before they stop flowering)