Spring Is Coming.

[malagabob]

Noticed over the last week Blue Tits checking out my nest boxes. Spring in the air?

[1ozzy]

https://ibb.co/qk4CWzh

[seekeerz]

Get your eyes checked, 1ozzy ….that is NOT a blue-tit !!

[Buenchico]

They don't seem to the most predictable of birds:
"Most blue tits begin building their nest in late March. This allows them to synchronise breeding so that the hatching of their chicks coincides with peak food availability - the tiny caterpillars that have also hatched to feast on fresh tree leaves.

Records show however that some get a much earlier start, building as early as January, and that some late-comers don't get going until the end of May. It could be that in years when the emergence of tree-munching caterpillars is delayed or unseasonably early, it's an advantage to nest out of sync with the rest of the crowd"

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/02/when-do-blue-tits-nest/

[1ozzy]

Should have gone to Specsavers;-(

[10ClarionSt]

Spring is definitely coming. Last week I saw my first Bungle Bee of the year. A big bungle too!

[roopower]

I've already got baby starlings under the eaves of my roof. I hope they'll be ok if we get the nasty weather.

[rowanwitch]

Travelling to and from London last week, lambs in the fields, and a few calves, noticed loads of spring flowers out in the city, daffs were ahead of the Midlands by at least a couple of weeks, and something I don't see at all up here, mimosa trees in full bloom in a few sheltered spots. We have crocuses and the last of the snowdrops. The wheel of the year turns.

[johnk]

Our blackbird has found a mate and stopped his pre dawn singing. yippeeeeee.