Alfie thoroughly enjoys nature forays. He reports having seen a merganser down by the river, the flash of a kingfisher, and a heron, all perching and waiting, ready to dive. The 11-year-old and other ...

From snowdrops to frogspawn, the first signs of spring are appearing - but the latest cold snap could put the brakes back on the new season, experts have said. It has been a "stop-start" spring so far ...

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Snowdrops, the blooms that signal the end of winter is coming, have arrived around a week early this year, the Royal Horticultural Society said. A mild winter meant snowdrop varieties usually seen at ...

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Ausra Ray: "A family of geese is on the run in Greenwich Park, the little gosling has an injury and he is trying to catch up with the other goslings." Matthew Logan: "The snowdrop is among the very ...

It is 1 March and officially the start of spring, according to the meteorological calendar. The science of our seasons is a matter of degrees - 23 and a half of them to be precise. That small angle of ...

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The first signs of spring arriving in Cumbria have been captured ahead of the official start of meteorological spring on Saturday, March 1. Eagled eyed members of the News and Star’s Camera Club have ...