On the edge, of Spring., originally uploaded by Sirius Guy.

Location: Bournemouth, UK
Date: April 1, 2013
Copyright and comment: Guy Wood
Guy’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PhotoArt.By.Sirius

This photo was taken on the 1st of April, on St Catherine’s Hill, Bournemouth, UK. A friend and I where walking two dogs and I had my camera with me. My friend shouted for my attention and holding back his dogs allowed me to take this Photo! While not the very first daffodils I have seen this year, they where the first that where not accompanied with snow. The day Spring had finally arrived!

Wild Daffodil Glade, originally uploaded by Shufflewing.

Location: Devon, UK
Date: March 29, 2013
Copyright and comment: Jane Skelton

The photo was taken by myself on Good Friday of this year (March 29th) at one of my favourite haunts – Dunsford Wood – a river valley woodland which is owned by the National Trust and managed by Devon Wildlife Trust. The reserve is also part of the Teign Valley SSSI and is home to the rare High Brown Fritillary butterfly and the Wood Cricket. It’s just a few miles away from where I live, and my partner and I walk there regularly but this was the first time that we had seen this amazing wild daffodil display (and I’ve lived in this part of Devon 30+ years!). We found hundreds of thousands of them pushing up through last years dead bracken and smaller and much more dainty than the garden variety (the Latin name is Narcissus Pseudonarcissus). I opted for a wide angle shot and tried to capture them in their setting rather than focusing in close on a few flowerheads. Also it was a freezing cold day with fast moving cloud – one minute bright sunshine the next totally grey – so I was lucky to capture the bright blue sky in this shot.

Bluebells next month!

February sunset and Daffodils in Kensington Gardens, originally uploaded by yorkshire stacked.

Photographer yorkshire stacked tells us: “The photo was taken in the later afternoon on 10Feb2012. I live near Kensington Gardens in London and often go there for a photo walk with my beloved Nikon DSLR. On that day, I went there to take photos of leftover snow in the park and the sunset. As soon as I went into the park, I realised there were first daffodils so I decided to include them in the photo too.”

First sign of spring , originally uploaded by jacqueline-Aundree.Baxter.

Image taken on February 5, 2012. Photographer is jacqueline-Aundree.Baxter.