Well it looks like the snow has finally gone (until easter anyway). There is a definate feel of spring on the reserve. Blue tits are in and out of nest boxes, frogs are feeling amorous and some of the trees are starting to bud. As you can see from the pictures of the same tree for the same week in 2008 and 2010 we are a little behind schedule this year and the frog spawn feels a couple of weeks late. On this date in 2009 we had our first sand martin.