February thought it was March - we had a very cold snap when temperatures hovered around freezing here in North Cornwall. Then there was a very cold easterly wind when eventually backed southerly and became warm, but just as strong, eye-wateringly strong.
My pond was frozen for almost a week but Water Boatman and Diving beetles survived the ice and could be seen foraging in the warm weather.
Then, Spring arrived. In the last few days of February temperatures rose to double figures.
Wild and garden daffodils began to flower. A large queen Buff-tailed Bumblebee disappeared into one of their trumpets. Honey bees massed on my neighbours flowering Heather.
The first invertebrates had awakened from their winter sleep.
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| Gorse Shieldbug |
After a couple of months of checking on local Gorse bushes, we saw our first Gorse Shieldbug on the 25th and every day since. 7-spot Ladybirds are about too whilst overhead, a Buzzard mewled and a Great-spotted Woodpecker drummed in a nearby copse.
7-spot Ladybird
Along the hedgerows, it seemed that every tall twig held, alternately, a Robin or a Dunnock each spaced about 100 metres apart and proclaiming his territory.
And on the 25th the first butterfly roused from hibernation; a Peacock and a Small Tortoiseshell on the 28th.
Spring has most definitely sprung.
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