To be shocked by spring

Even if it's a fools spring I have to say I'm enjoying wearing sunglasses again, I feel like there's a shield between me and the world. Also putting them on my head shoves my hair out of my face.
Never seem to need them with winter sun

The birds are chirping in the morning now , sure sign of spring approaching and husband saw a frog on footpath Oh and the Crocus's are coming up .

Exactly, this happens a lot. My friend is a weather buff and says more cold coming and is worried about all these early spring entrances suffering with it.

There won’t be plenty of proper winter, the long term forecasts are all fairly average. It will likely just be unsettled in parts. And yes we may have a couple of days here and there of cold weather, it’s always changeable at this time of year, but winter is on the way out, the ground is warming up, the mornings and nights are getting lighter, and spring is definitely making her entrance, as winter, bows out for another year.

I was surprised to find a wasp in my bathroom this morning.

We’ve got mosquitos already. Far too early 😩

I heard a chiffchaff singing today (and eventually saw him in the bushes). First one of the year.

And yes two bumblebees buzzing about today as well

It’s only February! There’s still time for plenty of Proper Winter. We’ve had a few days of 16 deg here, but I won’t be a bit surprised if it’s a good 10 Deg cooler again soon.

Our daffodils are out. Its lovely

sometimes it snows in april

Heat? Last summer?! I wish...
There were a couple of hot weeks in June and a couple in September but all the rest was one of the wettest and darkest (less sunshine than usual) summers on record. Exclude June temps and it was cooler than average too.

The rain, the constant rain.... I don't even care about the temperatures or seasons, just sick of it pissing down constantly. I'll take an early spring if it brightens things up finally!

I love Spring and it is fantastic to see the sun and to feel some warmth back in it.
Insects are waking up, the flowers and trees are starting to bloom and, yes, the grass is starting to grow.

However, lovely as it is, it worries me. The temperatures we have had recently worry me as they are not 'normal' for this time of year. I can count on one hand the amount of frosts we have had this winter and not a single fall of snow - not even a sprinkling. Rain, rain and more rain though. (we are in Oxfordshire)

In 2018, the 'Beast from the East' arrived in the UK around the 24th Feb for over a week, so winter is definitely not over and I feel so sorry for the insects that are drawn out by the sun and mild temps only to be killed by freezing weather.

Me, too! I'm bitterly disappointed every autumn, too, when the leaves fall off and the daytime shrinks. You'd think I'd be used to it by now 😂

A premature bee was buzzing round my head at lunchtime - I wanted to tell it to get back in its nest, it's not time yet! 🐝

We have frog spawn!

Definitely cold weather coming, this is fools spring. It's feb!

It was 17° one day last week in London, and I never watch the weather news so I dressed for February and genuinely thought I was having hot flushes or something. Couldn't work out what was going on.

I don’t mind if we have a blip of a couple of cold days, it’s clear winter is on the way out,and spring is happily swishing her way in. So any cold spells will be a brief.

the crocuses, camellias, snow drops, I expected. But when I saw the bright yellow daffodils standing proud in the garden a week ago I was a little surprised.

curiously the wild garlic doesn’t usually come up till late spring but it’s starting to come up and ground cover now , hope any frost kills it, it’s a complete thug.😂

We have two blossom trees fully out. Plums. They were so full of bees, honey and bumble, that they were shaking and vibrating, the noise was amazing. Also had Brimstone, Peacock and Red Admiral butterflies. The hellebores are out, as are some pulmonaria, so quite a lot to eat. Hope it doesn't to get frosty though. Oh, and the cat dumped a tick on my bed this morning, not so nice.....

It's a very very early spring this year

It's Match weather here in the South, 15 degrees today which is 7 degrees warmer than average this time of year

I love spring, but this feels weird and disconcerting

I'm an absolute grumpy bag and I'm flipping overjoyed spring is coming- it's very scary how much everything is changing though.

The robins are still here and I'm not seeing many male blackbirds at all but loads of females are about

I literally cry with relief once spring arrives.
Winter feels so treacherous to me.

Don't we usually get fools spring this time of year?

I have enjoyed the crocuses and daffodils poking through in my front yard. I didn’t enjoy finding a large wasp in the dining room on Friday! Agree with others that I’ve had enough of rain now!

All I know is this autumn and winter has been too wet and mild, I long for cold dry days, I'm fed up of wading through mud and being soaked to the skin