Or more prolonged outbreaks of rain! Recent days have certainly been making up for the rather dry winter.

Another rather wintry spring day.

It's been a busy few months creating suitable habitat in the Solent ahead of the terns' nesting season

It is often said that early spring flowers are mostly yellow and there is some truth in this, at Blashford Lakes just now it is certainly the most frequent flower colour.

One advantage of working outdoors for a lot of the time is that you do get to see a lot of wildlife.

Feeling like Spring finally!

It’s the end of winter for us. 28th of Feb officially means we down tools and stop cutting as the birds are busy setting up territories to breed and nest.

The ‘Beast from the East’ is due one last throw this weekend so may make getting out and about difficult or unpleasant - but today has been glorious.

For the last few days it has been feeling distinctly spring-like and I have been expecting the first sand martin, little ringed plover and singing chiffchaff of the spring.

Over the winter the volunteer team down at Farlington Marshes have been helping me do some survey work to look in a little bit more detail what the birds have been doing