Signs of Spring

[CrazyEnglishTriathlete]

Bluebells in Daneshill Wood.  Also Wood anenome and Lesser Stitchwort

[hellymedic]

Hawthorn (R) is in full blossom.
Do I wait until Hawthorn (L) blossoms to cast my clouts?

[Canardly]

I thought t'was till May is out.

[hellymedic]

'May' refers to hawthorn (may) blossom, not the month, to the best of my knowledge.

My hawthorns do not blossom simultaneously, nor do my apple trees.

I think the adage refers to blossom, which would show earlier in gentle climes...

[Wowbagger]

'May' refers to hawthorn (may) blossom, not the month, to the best of my knowledge.

My hawthorns do not blossom simultaneously, nor do my apple trees.

I think the adage refers to blossom, which would show earlier in gentle climes...

I concur.

[hellymedic]

Hawthorn (R) is in full blossom.
Do I wait until Hawthorn (L) blossoms to cast my clouts?

Hawthorn (L) is now blossoming.

[T42]

'May' refers to hawthorn (may) blossom, not the month, to the best of my knowledge.

In France it's "en avril, n'ôte pas un fil ; en mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît" so nowt to do with hawthorn.  In Norn Iron the hawthorn will be blooming all over but you'll still need a windproof jacket and a sweater in July. DAHIKT.

[hellymedic]

'May' refers to hawthorn (may) blossom, not the month, to the best of my knowledge.

In France it's "en avril, n'ôte pas un fil ; en mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît" so nowt to do with hawthorn.  In Norn Iron the hawthorn will be blooming all over but you'll still need a windproof jacket and a sweater in July. DAHIKT.

LEL threads here and elsewhere seek clothing advice for riders. I can only advise a range of 0-30C and sun/rain/mist should be anticipated in early August and riders should have appropriate clothing.

Hawthorn (L) seems to consistently be a fortnight behind Hawthorn (R).

[Cudzoziemiec]

Catkins out. Must have been on the tree for a while but I've just noticed them. It's winter solstice. But it's spring.

[Basil]

Daff shoots beginning to show.

[Jurek]

There's a tree around the corner from me with blossom on it.
Actually, I spotted it last week.
When it was -5°C.

[woollypigs]

Here we have a flurry of midge, which is mad after nearly two weeks where the temp peaked at 1c for a few hours for a day or two and dropped -8c a few times.

[rafletcher]

The last couple of days, around 6am, there have been the first stirrings of the dawn chorus from the hedge opposite the house.

[Basil]

The last couple of days, around 6am, there have been the first stirrings of the dawn chorus from the hedge opposite the house.

Yes, I've noticed that I can now hear birdies again well before sunrise.

[SteveC]

An ice-cream van has just driven down our road. It is raining and the feels like temperature is 6º.

[T42]

The odd dandelion in our garden and the crocuses coming up.  And the bloke over the road has finally taken down his 100-bulb* flashy LED Christmas lights.  Next thing will be the wasps waking up in the nest they built in our eaves last year.

* ish

[hellymedic]

The odd dandelion in our garden and the crocuses coming up.  And the bloke over the road has finally taken down his 100-bulb* flashy LED Christmas lights.  Next thing will be the wasps waking up in the nest they built in our eaves last year.

* ish

D had a wasp in the bathroom yesterday.

I suspect there's been a wasps' nest in the loft since I've been here. I think Giraffe got stung at one point.

[rafletcher]

The odd dandelion in our garden and the crocuses coming up.  And the bloke over the road has finally taken down his 100-bulb* flashy LED Christmas lights.  Next thing will be the wasps waking up in the nest they built in our eaves last year.

* ish

D had a wasp in the bathroom yesterday.

I suspect there's been a wasps' nest in the loft since I've been here. I think Giraffe got stung at one point.

It'd be unusual to get a persistent wasps nest, the queen decamps each year for pastures new and the drones - who can only feed on nectar, of which there is none in the winter - die off.  Maybe you have a des res in wasp terms!

[hellymedic]

Mirabelle plum tree is in full blossom today.
?Jam tomorrow?

Jam was good.
Didn't make much.
Finished ages ago,

[hellymedic]

First distant ice cream chime - quite late
Multiple trees in blossom seen from cab en route to dentist
Daffs in our garden are open
Grass is grizz.

I thought I heard an ice cream van earlier this week.
I definitely heard one this evening.
February has only just started.
Gardeners mowed lawn this afternoon.

[Wowbagger]

There was a blue tit in the holly tree this morning, making irritating blue tit noises.

[SteveC]

First distant ice cream chime - quite late
Multiple trees in blossom seen from cab en route to dentist
Daffs in our garden are open
Grass is grizz.

I thought I heard an ice cream van earlier this week.
I definitely heard one this evening.

We had an ice cream van down the road, chimes going, on New Year's Day.
We think it must be a regular order as we only hear it on Sunday evenings.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Definitely a "softness" in the air the last few days. I don't know quite what produces this quality; it's not temperature, maybe it's a combination of temperature, humidity, air pressure... 

[Kim]

I took a cloud of ?midges in the face while cycling yesterday.

[Mrs Pingu]

On todays ride: hunners of buzzards, a handful of red kites, some geese, a couple of deer, a jay and the first larks of the year.