And have you seen any butterflies yet?
It was a glorious spring day in Bedfordshire yesterday. The sun was shining, blue, great and coal tits were singing away and smelt the first barbecues of the year! I even played cricket. But it was the butterflies that were most in evidence.
After hibernating all winter, the sun has woken up our peacocks, small tortoiseshells and brimstones. As I walked round the edge of the John o' Gaunt gold course yesterday, a few fluorescent-yellow brimstones danced across the brambles and daffodils. Have you seen any butterflies yet this year?
So here's a brimstone and a daffodil for you...
This photo is taken by Sue Kennedy and is available on RSPB Images - our online photo library. Take a look and find a picture that's full of the joys of spring!
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Hi- been seeing bees for 2 weeks now in Cambridgeshire and snowdrops everywhere in Norfolk. First Daffodils this weekend in Norfolk. Moths in the garage and plenty of small midgey types under the trees.
S
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