1st of 2011

[GarryH]

Had a fine walk along the R.Soar Leics.today and saw and recorded my first butterfly of the year a tatty Comma........

Comma

Comma

Plenty of Lesser Celendine to.........

Lesser Celendine

[Paul Webster]

Lovely pics. I saw my first frogspawn just up the road today... spring on the way

[JTweedie]

Great photos, really looking forward to Spring now (and yes I know it's technically Spring now!)

[ChrisW]

Ah the butterflies at last (great pics)....you don't see those beauties until its getting warmer

[Caberfeidh]

Just as spring, season of yellow fruitlessness, leaps into action ~ my ship is ordered to the Arctic Circle.
O bloody great...I'll be fending off ice bears with a pointy stick.

[retrogear]

O bloody great...I'll be fending off ice bears with a pointy stick.

We demand to see the photos!

[Caberfeidh]

[ChrisW]

Shouldn't that look a little more like this.................

[Caberfeidh]

No, that's me in the bear costume, having lulled the unfortunate bear at my feet into a false sense of security...
Just preparing him for the stock pot there.

[Alastair S]

[GarryH]

Heard a chiff chaff and saw one of these today..........

Small Tortoiseshell

[GarryH]

Alright I know it`s not a great photo but it`s a record of my 1st sighting of a summer visitor yesterday..............

Sand Martin

[Frogwell]

Lovely pics. I saw my first frogspawn just up the road today... spring on the way

The first frogspawn I saw this year was on the path to Camasunary in the pool shown in the picture below. That was on the 27th of February, which was rather odd I thought. Especially as it went down to -5c that night and I suspect it had been equally cold the new nights preceding.

[GarryH]

The Spring sunshine certainly brought out the butterflies today here`s one..............

Peacock

[Merry-walker]

Shouldn't that look a little more like this.................