Valkyrie Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Floods all around Basingstoke - nothing unusual really - it always does in the same old places. But I see my blackcurrants are shooting out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I was waling the dogs dowmn a country lane at the weekend and there was a whole bank of snowdrops, it was lovely. Our pond fish are starting to move about a bit more and come up to the surface so it must be getting warmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 There were ducks on my stream today. Boing! , as my daughters say.....its spring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 I woke in the night and listened to my first Curlew, a wonderful haunting cry redolent of sweeping windswept moorland, as much of a herald of spring up here as Swifts are of the summer. All I can hear at the moment is cockadoodledoo from my undercroft I must let him out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'm still waiting for that first Curlew this year OSH - I just adore that haunting call, it's so wild and beautiful. We used to hear them a lot more at our old house than we do here - the Oyster Catchers would arrive first and their piping was so joyous - we knew that the Curlews wouldn't be far behind. Funnily enough, we lived near the Howgills then and we're not far from the coast now, but we see and hear them less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Big bouncy catkins on my hazel tree Oh, and the milder nights and wet weather mean that at night time my lawn is full of worms playing at husbands and wives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 its so nice to go to work in the morning, not dark or too cold lots of spring flowers I love this time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 It's far too muddy here am looking forward to a couple of days of dry weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mini welly Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Aahh, looks cute, OSH! This morning it was sunny, the birds were singing, it was warm and for a second I thought I had slept through spring! Now, at 2:16pm, the clouds have appeared. Another overcast day, and another overcast mood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Sign of spring here is the flock of geese that very noisily fly over our house at 6am I am really looking forward to the ground drying up a bit for dog walks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfinches Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Our pond is full of frog spawn. I had planned to clear it out next week, guess I'll have to wait for Autumn now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Our first tiny daffodils came out in the rain yesterday and we have quite a few crocus in flower. We also saw our first Long Tailed Tits this morning, we only get then at this time of year, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 The sound of the Curlews and Oyster Catchers during our dog walk at the estuary this morning. And the carpet of crocus at a church we passed this afternoon on the way back from collecting a trailer of woodchip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Beautiful photo Jools. I love crocuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 The snowdrops are beginning to look a little tired now, but the tulips are beginning to peek above ground. I DID have a few crocuses in and around the grass - but thanks to the chickens they are now a thing of the past! (tasty, apparently!) The potentilla was showing some new leaves....but I've pruned it hard back, along with the lavender. And tomorrow will be time to cut back the overhanging branches from the cotoneasters, pyracantha and maybe cut down the old laburnum that just gets swamped by next doors spirea. It's nice to see the lily of the valley getting ready too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 The sun came out and the crocuses opened up for about half an hour but all shut tight as soon as the clouds returned. Aren't flowers clever the way they protect their nectaries and pollen from the rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 What a wonderful carpet of crocuses. Our morning chorus is being drowned out by chaffinches trying to out sing each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Kept awake last night by either Foxes or Muntjacks calling/barking at each other This only ever happens when Spring is a whisper away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The hares are out and about here and the daffs are really getting cracking now. Rather bored seeing the fat pigeons doing their thing though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Ah hares....yes I must get out earlier tomorrow as they are about here but not easy to spot and certainly gone by the time the world wakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I forgot about that - we saw three hares last week on the way to one of our favourite woodland dog walks I do love nature, she certainly does know best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 We saw a muntjack in my Grandad's garden yesterday, it just wandered in through a gap in the fence and started munching the grass. My lovely cream climbing rose that grows up my beech hedge is coming into leaf, i love that new spring green colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 My flowering plum flowers are just budding. The bullfinches have found them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Daffs only just starting to open - some up the road have been out for a good week now. Driving DS to work this morning I could see the weeping willows are showing nice green buds. The forsythia is out in the garden too. Even saw a queen bumble bee a few days ago. They always nest near the front door so I guess she might have been hunting a nice quiet hidey hole there again. And I've seen my first brimstone butterfly when we had sunshine last - whenever that was - it's been murky dull and damp for ages. Still dull and murky but dry and blinking cold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I love Bullfinches- they're such a beautiful colour! We've got lots of daffs out now and I mowed the lawn for the first time today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
