I have some daffodils and crocus plants in flower and the tulips are starting to push through, too - and for the first year ever, the snowdrop bulbs I planted have been a success.

I feed the birds every day, so always have lots of feathered visitors.

As well as all the above we have "lads n lasses" in flower, and lilacs in bud. The various tits (if I may say so) are pairing up. My sinus and throat are telling me that there is pollen about.

Snowdrops and crocuses are blooming,we also have early daffodils just bursting forth,I'm in Glasgow.

The birds are fairly going through the "fat balls" nuts and seeds in the feeders too.they need them to fatten up for the springtime.I  feed the birds all year round.I  get a great variety of them,loads of sparrows,blue tits,great tits.coal tits,long tailed tits,robins,dunnocks,starlings and the feral pigeons at the base of them mopping up the spillage.Oh and a few grey squirrels I hand feed as I now have squirrel proof feeders.Cut a few apples into halves for the blackbirds and starlings too.

Had a green woodpecker at the nut feeder too.Oh and a hunting sparrowhawk trying her luck,little  birds spotted her though.

My snowdrops have all faded....don't see any signs of the crocuses and daffodils yet. However the flowering currant is in bloom (just) and the elder is sprouting forth. The rosa rugosa is in bud and I saw the barbary doves this morning.

 

It looks like I'd better get working in the garden pretty soon, or it's all going to get out of hand....again!

My aspidrista's still on the wane but the weeds are coming on nicely between the crazy paving.

Truth: blue tit's as exciting as it gets.

 

Like blackbirds too.

Well, above our garden yesterday - the most amazing sight. A seagull (I'm in Oxford, not normally renowned for its beaches ) was 'buzzing' a red kite. It was a hootin' and tootin' and kept flying and bumping into the bird of prey, who was doing its best to get away from it. Fascinating

Bluebells are already showing, and a Camelia's already budding which must be way too early..?

 

Got the usual Blue Tits nesting, the Jays are around, woodpeckers visit every day.... and the usual horrible crows, magpies and seagulls too.

Ohhhh, I love woodpeckers

 

We get them in next door's dirty great big ugly, out of control willow tree. 

 

I hate that tree

I've got a lot of willow trees in my garden (far enough away from the actual house).  I'm probably your annoying neighbour with the ugly willow tree

 

 

I haven't actually had a proper wander round the garden, so don't know what our camelias are doing....if anything.

 

Camellias are one of the most popular winter- and spring-flowering shrubs, providing a vivid splash of colour when little else is in bloom. Although they need acid soil, they are easy to grow in containers of ericaceous (acidic) potting compost.

 

Seen blue tits, ladybird and bumble bees  so far... Oh and daffs and tulips are up......

I know this but the one I've got has never flowered before mid April up until now.  Perhaps it's been sulking for the past few years

It's probably because of the (relatively speaking) mild winter that we've had.

I never expected to see the magnificent members of the crow family mentioned in the same sentence as the evil seagull.

Blossoms are appearing on the trees, all is well, we can look forward to sunny days and downpours to dampen the smiles and make the grass greener  

Probably.  Or perhaps my Camelia has finally decided to do what it's supposed to do.  No doubt something else will now misbehave

 

 

Life is full of surprises.

1 seagull was pestering the life out of a pair of nesting crows the other day.  The following morning there was a load of feathers scattered all around on the grass - all black. 

I'm sure they'll be back soon enough to terrorise the blue tits though.

For various reasons I hate seagulls. They are the wasp, or mosquito if you will, of the bird fraternity. IMO of course.

Bluddy pests if you ask me.

Living on the coast is a nightmare because the daytrippers insist on feeding them.  You can't walk along some parts of the seafront without fear of being attacked

 

It's just as bad inland!

I'm less than a mile inland (not right on the seafront but if I stand on a chair, lean to right, tilt my head and hang out of the window backwards I can see 4 pebbles) and sometimes we've had as many as 20+ all sitting on the front lawn!  I'd like to take a shotgun to the lot of 'em.

No gardenwatch for me today there was a road traffic accident somewhere between me and my bus, so all the buses were cacelled/delayed/diverted.

I did get one eventually, but the nearest it took me to home was a mile and a half away. So it was dark by the time I got home.

Ooops Pop round for a glass of wine

On our cycle travels today we observed lots of blossom, a hare, and hundreds of lambs.

I have one lonely daffodil, was bent over and kissing the ground , but was upright and blowing in the breeze today 

I saw a very small bird in and out of our nesting box (couldn't quite make out what it was). it has been up for years in various positions but we've only had one family of Great tits in it. I'm mildly optimistic we may have new tenants this year 

We live about eight miles inland .............Mr Woo brings home the batter scraps from the chippy and we have lots of lovely different birds come to feed. Very occasionally we get a flock of Sea Gulls who scare them all away - don't know why they visit only every so often - must be something to do with wind/weather conditions. I don't begrudge any bird a bit of dinner but Sea Gulls and the very greedy Starlings irritate me a bit! 

Well, my Gardenwatch hasn't really elicited much so far because all-in-all the weather's been pretty poor.

I have a couple of clumps of daffodils not quite given up yet, there's a wee clump of blue flowers I can't dredge up their name. The winter flowering spirea's still flowering, the pieris has shed all its flowers and now is developing its red bracts, the clematis is obvious by its absence, the azaleia and the miniature rhododendron are starting to flower.

I have seen ONE robin and have cut the grass only once so far - the back that is, I haven't touched the front grass yet.

 

However the dandelions are doing REALLY well!

Ditto.

Good on you Velvet.