‘Robin’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt (Birds and how they Live, 1965)

I told this Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, along the banks of the New River that it was still only March, but it didn't seem to care. #WildflowerHour #SignsOfSpring

Wild garlic growing on the base of twin trees in a tributary running down to the River Plym in Holt Wood, Plymouth #Devon #WildflowerHour

Goat willow-Salix caprea a male tree just starting to show hints of pollen on the dew laden catkins #Wildflowerhour

The first Wood anemones-Anemonoides nemorosa in flower on a sunny bank #Wildflowerhour

Gorse-Ulex europaeus always in flower but seems to be liking the longer spring days, many local bushes suffered snow damage in January but it has opened up the understory for the foxgloves! #Wildflowerhour

Mistletoe-Viscum album in flower on an apple tree #Wildflowerhour

Daffodils-Narcissus pseudonarcissus and a soggy Tree Bumblebee on a misty, cool afternoon #Wildflowerhour

“Violet and coltsfoot are among the first Spring flowers. Growing among the roots of the trees are violets and lesser celandine” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

“In the first week of March the wind blows hard, swaying the reeds and bushes and bending the big trees beyond the lake to its cold breath.” The first page of ‘What to Look for in Spring” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

Colt's-foot - Tussilago farfara yellow flowers popping through the wet grassland in the sunshine. #Wildflowerhour

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘Curlews And Turnstones’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘Nuthatch’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Lesser celandine - a little ray of sunshine on a steep, wet bank, caught between showers. #Wildflowerhour

“After the snow has melted, western winds have brought mild weather, and when the sun shines many signs of springtime appear” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe ‘What to Look for in Winter, 1959’

First bird of my day: a Song Thrush singing in the rain, sheltering in the relative comfort of a yew tree. #Firstbirdofmyday

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Missel Thrush’, 1937 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Yew - Taxus baccata pollen laden flowers just starting to open on what seems to be a very rare sunny day. #Wildflowerhour

“Snow has fallen again, as it will sometimes do in February” What to Look for in Winter, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

“The farmer is sowing his corn in the large field that has been ploughed and harrowed” ‘What to Look for in Winter’, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

Can’t wait for it to be like this. Spring scene with insects, from ‘Brehms Tierleben’ (Leipzig, 1892). Waddleton.b.1.146 @theul.bsky.social

“February. Another cold, dead month, or so it seems. The elms are bare against the sky, the plough-ground is naked and wet, and still as brown as the sodden leaves. Yet the world is waking up”. Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder (ShellGuide, 1955)

Other work by the Ladybird artists. ‘February in the Weald of Kent’ Artist: SR Badmin

Primula vulgaris my first Primrose of the year, spring is on the way! #Wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Another reason to leave the flail in the barn for a year or two Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“Starlings are flying in converging flocks towards their roosting place” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Goldfinch’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

We're hiring! Could you become our new Wales Officer, lead our Priority Plants Project & support #BSBICountyRecorders across Wales? Apply here: bsbi.org/about/people... Deadline: 23 February Interested but not for you? Please help us spread the word!

Red dead-nettle and Groundsel for todays offering, not much else apart from gorse in flower at the moment. #Wildflowerhour

‘Footprints in the snow’ What to look for in Winter, 1959 Artist: CFTunnicliffe

Other work of the Ladybird artists ‘Thaw’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

‘At the edge of the mere’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Winter Landscape’ Artist: Rowland Hilder

Robin Uncle Mac’s ABC (1950) Artist: Septimus Scott

Gorse flowering under a blanket of snow, always in flower! #Wildflowerhour

Pictures that explain things. Trees in Winter (back endpapers) Artist: SR Badmin, 1963

Hawthorn - a little confused about the season it seems. #Wildflowerhour

Teasel at sunset with a dusting of snow and ice.

“To the left of the stile a hawthorn tree, bent by the prevailing wind, has a rich harvest of berries”. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

Other work of the Ladybird artists. Winter scene Artist: SR Badmin

Before it was all on our phones “If we want to know if it is going to rain or whether the rain is likely to stop, we look up at the clouds” Artist: Robert Ayton The Weather (1962)

‘January’ (Shell Guide, Flowers of the Countryside, 1955) Artists: Edith and Rowland Hilder

Common Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale a welcome ray of sunshine in the midst of winter. #Wildflowerhour

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘Gusty Twilight’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

“Hedge-banks and ditches are russet with the browns and yellows of the dead bracken fronds. The distant trees show mistily in the winter air” Writer: EL GrantWatson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Ladybird Nature Corner. Yellowhammer Artist: Allen Seaby

Velvet shank - Flammulina velutipes growing on a gorse stem in a newly cleared area of scrub. #Fungi #Fungifriday

“In the holly tree, which is rich with red berries, fieldfares, redwings, and mistle-thrushes are busy feeding” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

Mistletoe - Viscum album growing on an apple tree and glowing in the afternoon sun 🌞. #Mistletoe #Wildflowerhour

Hairy curtain crust and Turkey tail fruiting well on an old oak log #Fungi