Signs of Spring

[Phil the Dill]

Mother bud ???

Auto correct playing up.

 

[Lili]

Huge clumps of frogspawn in the ditch plus a guilty looking pair of mallards and best of all the curlews are here. The sound of their call is the real arrival of spring here.

 

[Multi-power]

 

[4wd]

These aren't rare but we usually only have limited number of dog violets in violet colour.
Sweet violets apparently.
Quite a big area with 3 or 4 good patches too.

 

[Alicecow]

I just heard the cuckoo this evening.

 

[Multi-power]

It's sunny
I think it's the third time it's happened this year

 

[Lili]

I just heard the cuckoo this evening.

Cuckoo arrived here this morning.

 

[Multi-power]

Looks like spring is cancelled
Summer here today

 

[4wd]

We may reach 10C ... By next Saturday.
Still not seen a swallow yet I usually spot the odd one passing through or having a quick check-in as early as 10th but resident ones going in barns are often last week of April.

 

[Alicecow]

Looks like spring is cancelled
Summer here today

Same here. Roasting hot again today, 3rd day in a row. Makes it difficult to get anything meaningful done, you're either wading through a swamp or baking and if you leave it until the heat of the day has passed then it's thick with midges out there.

 

[Phil the Dill]

Cold and overcast here.

 

[opininionated]

does a woodpecker count as a sign of spring? had one of those hammering away last weekend.

 

[Multi-power]

I've told my boss he will go from complaining it's too wet to complaining it's too dry in the space of a fortnight
I'm confident I'm not going to be wrong

 

[deere66]

I've told my boss he will go from complaining it's too wet to complaining it's too dry in the space of a fortnight
I'm confident I'm not going to be wrong

There were cracks in the custard skin covering the ground yesterday but it's raining again now. If you see some dry weather send it up

 

[Multi-power]

There were cracks in the custard skin covering the ground yesterday but it's raining again now. If you see some dry weather send it up

It hasn't rained here for at least 3 days
I understand a hosepipe ban in going to be in force by Friday

 

[Phil the Dill]

Cold and raining here

 

[Alicecow]

Warm, dry, sunny, fresh breeze from the north west keeping it cooler, more clouds rolling around today.

 

[opininionated]

Decent day today, yard has dried up.
Heavy rain at bedtime last night though, dogs didnt stay out long.

 

[itsalwaysme]

Decent day today, yard has dried up.
Heavy rain at bedtime last night though, dogs didnt stay out long.

Local estate power harrowed and sown field by my house yesterday, rolling it this evening with a cloud of dust

 

[Slackjawedyokel]