Luke Massey/2020VISION
Where to see wildlife in the spring
From bluebells to birdsong
From the gradual arrival of migrant birds to the unrolling of bluebell carpets - spring is a great unfolding story when everything seems possible, writes Simon Barnes. In spring we have our beginnings. Life starts again: the early flowers daringly lift their heads above the earth and the birds burst into song. Spring is showtime, with the almost ridiculously sumptuous shag-pile carpets of bluebells and the deafening chorus at dawn.
© Jon Hawkins Surrey Hills Photography
Bluebells
Experience
©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Wildflower meadows
Experience
Andy Rouse/2020VISION
Ospreys
Experience
Juvenile grey heron - © Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Heronry
Experience
©Philip Precey
Orchids
Experience
©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Woodpeckers
Experience
David Tipling/2020VISION
Hares
Experience
©Jamie Hall
Bitterns
Experience
©Guy Edwardes/2020VISION
Fritillaries
Experience
Hen harrier (male) ©Mark Hamblin/2020VISION
Hen harriers
Experience
©David Tipling/2020VISION
Bird migration
Experience
Andrew Parkinson/2020VISION
Grebes
Experience
Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION
Wild daffodils
Experience
©Bob Coyle
Woodland butterflies
Experience
© Andy Morffew
Hobbies
Experience
Green Tiger Beetle ©Philip Precey
Tiger beetles
Experience
©Amy Lewis
Nightingale and cuckoos
Experience
Bob Coyle
Sand martins
Experience
©Philip Precey
Newts
Experience
Water vole ©Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Water voles
Experience
Philip Precey
Natterjack toads
Experience
©Les Binns
Pasque flower
Experience
©Margaret Holland
Grouse
Experience
Meathop Moss nature reserve, Cumbria Wildlife Trust