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on a walk this afternoon in nottinghamshire, herons nest building,goldeneyes displaying, a song thrush singing,plenty of snowdrops and hazel catkins and a beautifull calm day for once!!

As I posted previously, despite the very cold December the Snowdrops are much earlier this year than last year. In Feb 10 there were no Snowdrops anywhere near opening for the Imbolc celebrations on 2nd February, whereas this year they are opening. This is in Bedfordshire and may vary in other parts of the country.

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my garden feeding birds showing mating signs sparrows noisy male birds displaying feathers in front of females. starlings singing louder and longer to attract hen birds.my regular hen blackbird now flying around cock blackbirds to attract attention .blue tits looking into my tit nesting box the wildlife signs are here

I have primroses and snowdrops in my garden in Edinburgh, The primroses started to appear as soon as the snow melted!

Not forgetting the signs from one of nature's most important members, mankind. Overheard this morning as we got out into the open street from Holborn tube station, "Oh, how I love warm mornings for a change."

My old Victorian light in the garden used to work but because a tree sparrow made a nest in the cowl last year we had to remove the light bulb in case of fire, this year the wrens have taken over the old nest.Last night I counted 11, tonight I managed to count 8 and get some film whilst I sat in the car in my drive. I am so excited I felt like a child in a sweet shop or should I become up-to date and say like a child in a computer shop.

I spotted my first wild snowdrops in Perth, Perthshire on Thursday 9th Feb though they are between 10 and 14 days late compared to last year flowering in that spot but there's still no sign of them flowering in my garden yet.

I had a little flock of lesser redpolls in my garden for the first time ever yesterday but no sign of any ladybirds and normally I would have had my first sightings at the end of January.

I have a Plantation of 300 English Oak trees planted in 2000. They come into leaf at various times in April or May, but I've found I can predict this date from Maximum daytime temperatures in Feb, March and April. Last year I was only 1 day out. The earliest (ie warmest) year was 2007, and the latest year was 2006 (21 days later). 2011 may be a warmer year over Feb-Apr, so the budburst may be quite early.

I saw several ladybirds whilst I was gardening yesterday on the sussex coast and the bluetits have already been popping in and out of their nest box.

Just to say that snowdrops have appeared over the past week both in our garden and down by the shore near where we live, a small village called Evanton on the North shore of the Cromarty Firth about 20 miles North of Inverness in the Highlands. A few bulbs are starting to appear in the garden too, but only the tips are showing - tulips and crocus mainly. Still pretty cold here with frosts most nights and sleet showers in the afternoon and the hills white with snow.

Hampshire. On Feb 4 Blue tits were back checking out their nest box on exactly the same date they started to check it last year. Feb 14 Great tits were back checking out their nest box as well. Last year both families nested successfully. Feb 18 Song Thrush back on my bird table Collared doves and sparrows chasing their females and blackbirds paired up already. 18 different species of birds this week in my garden. Snowdrops are in bloom, daffodils and primroses in bud.

Here in the south west corner of Ireland we are seeing the first sign's of spring all over from greenfinches in the garden to crocus growing in another garden and the green grass shoot's coming up all along the hedgerows. It certainly is looking georgous here. Cant wait to see how it all look's in the summer as it is my first year in Ireland.

i have snowdrop in flower in my garden and bluebells braecking through the soil here in cambs

Here in my Essex garden, snowdrops have been out for 3 weeks. Crocuses are out too and daffodils are showing green. Bluetits are rearranging grass & straw in the nestbox. There are buds on my cherry tree.

Primroses have been in flower for at least a week in the hedgerows, and 'lambstail' catkins have been out for 3 weeks or so.

My son found a ladybird in his room this morning(the first i've seen this year). To me this is the first sign of spring :))

I saw my first Bumble bee today, in fact I saw two. Also a squirrel with a mouthful of leaves, maybe starting to build a drey.

I have just seen my first butterfly for 2011. I could not identify it as I was not quick enough and rather surprised, but it landed on some purple crocuses. I am in the Isle of Man.

I've just been in St. James' park in London and not only are the Snowdrops and Crocus in flower but the Daffodils are flowering and there is blossom on the cherry trees too. A lovely spring day.

Saw my first bumble bee for the year! Bit early, no?