A client and I both opened a national newspaper the other day to observe that there was a headline saying something along the lines of spring arriving early this year – to do with Naturewatch and the observations of thousands of people around the UK. Where are they coming from? Up with us, the snowdrops are only just over; we have a couple of daffodils out and that is it. Everything else is only just starting to break – and that is the way it should be. In the towns it is a different story, and here climate change is engendered by sheltered spaces; the warmth of tarmac and concrete and a completely different micro-climate. Here spring is well advanced and almost halfway through. Yes, the birds are starting to think of nesting, but the partridges are not paired up yet (well behind other years) nor are the pheasants. Welcome back to the more ‘normal’ winter and spring of earlier years. Who knows we might even have a hot summer. Just as I was about to post this, I saw my first Brimstone butterfly in the garden, so who knows what is happening? (No this isn't a picture of the Brimstone I just saw - as you can see it's feeding on lavendar, but I thought you might like a little reminder of their wonderful acid-yellow with the signature black dots on the wings).
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