Great moments from the ‘most exciting time in nature’s calendar’
by Stephen Moss from on (#2K7ND)
It has been a good spring for wildlife lovers
Perched on the telegraph wires in my Somerset village, is a swallow - all the way back from its winter quarters in Africa. In my back garden, orange-tip and small tortoiseshell butterflies are searching for nectar. And everywhere I look, spring foliage is filling the countryside with green.
This has been a vintage spring for wildlife watchers. Thanks to a spell of fine, settled weather at the end of March and the beginning of April, bluebells carpet forest floors, the dawn chorus is reaching its peak, and living creatures - from natterjack toads to great crested newts, bumblebees to badgers - are out in force. What more could we wish for on Easter weekend?
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