Signs of UK Spring:-
We have seen a Bullfinch in our garden, 22/4/12 and a broken hedge sparrow blue egg + robins nest building.
In the middle of March 2012 we found a lot of frogs’ spawn. Leanne brought some into Toddlers Club on 21 March. We put some into the Christ Church Nelson UK little ponds. They have hatched and are swimming around . They were firstly herbivores, eating small plants & algae. Now they are carnivores eating animals & meat / bacon which we put in the little ponds.
We have seen many UK spring flowers in gardens, countryside & parks including : snowdrop, crocus, daffidil, primula. periwinkle, hyacinth, tulip, crab apple, forest flame, forsythia, black thorn, coltsfoot, dandelion, daisy, flowering currant ( pink & red ) , lungwort, grape hyacinth, winter pansy, winter jasmine, wallflower, heather ( white & pink ) , mahonia, cowslip, lesser celandine, cherry, rhododendron, azalea, wood anemone, primrose, shepherd’s purse, dog violet, gorse, blue bell, honesty plum, flowering cherry and a lot more. Let me know via twitter @BarryBnd ones you see in UK spring!!
Large trees are coming into bud in the UK including : horse chestnut, sycamore, beech, silver birch, ash.
Saying ~ ‘Oak before Ash there will be a splash; Ash before Oak there will be a soak!!’ North UK 2012 Ash is out first, so watch out for lot of Summer rain!!
