Has spring come early? What problems might it bring?
The birds are a mating, and even nesting. The grass is growing and flowers are a already showing their heads….what’s going on and will it cause problems when we get the lambing snow (last snow in spring normally in April) and late frosts arrive?
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sophieandlili - January 15th, 2010
Death to hedgehogs!
MartinStarr - January 15th, 2010
CM is not far wrong – animals are waking from hibernation too early and there is just not enough food around to sustain them. Hedgehogs are in for a rough ride, as are many garden birds. The biggest risk is a sharp frost in April – if the trees are in young bud, this could kill off many of the potentially fruit-bearing branches later on in the year, which will cause knock-on problems.
timleffel - January 15th, 2010
How strange!! I actually came on here to ask when bumblebees come out!!
There was one in my house this morning! Unfortunately I was too frozen by fear to take a picture like Neko so I just let it out the front door!