In Maine (New England) these orange signs show up. It is a solid indicator of spring. Our roads are frost-heaved, pot-holed mess and heavy vehicles are not helpful. My first sighting was through snowflakes.
#SpringSigns
#SpringSnow tonight 🤷🤷♀️🤷♂️
🏵️ Coltsfoot flowering at Bulwell Hall — one of the earliest wildflowers to appear each year. Its bright yellow blooms often show before any leaves, taking advantage of early light and offering an early nectar source on mild days.
#SpringSigns #Wildflowers #NottsNature #Coltsfoot #Bulwell
"Wildlife behavior, such as birds singing, frogs calling, and insects emerging, provides clearer signals of spring than the traditions of Groundhog Day. Animals respond to environmental cues like longer daylight, warmer temperatures and thawing soil."
☀️🌱🌼🪷🐦🐿️🐸 #SpringSigns #Wildlife #Behavior #Nature
Red Dead Nettle adding early colour at Robin Hood Hills. One of the earlier wildflowers to appear, its small magenta blooms provide welcome nectar for insects on mild days - a subtle but reassuring sign that spring is beginning to stir.
#SpringSigns #Wildflowers #NottsNature
A Common Frog surfacing among pondweed is a familiar sign that spring is on its way. These amphibians help keep insect numbers in check and often return to the same ponds each year to breed. A quiet but important moment in early spring...
Rrrrrribbit!🐸
#SpringSigns #Amphibians #NottsNature #Frogs
🌼 A quiet woodland milestone 🌼
Wood Anemones are starting to appear in Portland Park, taking advantage of early spring light before the canopy closes. Always feels like a turning point in the season when these show up.
Have you seen them yet?
#SpringSigns #NottsNature #Wildflowers
🌿 Alhamdulillah for the beautiful sunny days as we welcome spring 🌸 A sign to remember Allah in every season 🌿📖 Qur’an 10:5
May this Ramadan inspire gratitude, reflection, and closeness to Allah 🌙✨
#Alhamdulillah #Ramadan2026 #SpringSigns #BlessedSeason #Gratitude #Reflection #NatureSigns #Islam
Spring starts small.
Sweet Violet is in bloom at Portland Park. One of the earliest wildflowers to wake, it makes the most of cool spring light before the canopy closes. On mild days, it offers a quiet nectar stop for early insects hovering back into activity.
#SpringSigns #NottsNature #Wildflowers
#Sycamore buds at #Newstead showing their classic mid March look: large, pointed terminal buds with neat overlapping scales and opposite side buds along the twig.
One of the clearest signs that trees are waking up for spring 🌳
#TreeBuds #SpringSigns #NottsNature @nottswildlife.bsky.social
A collage of nine photos of clusters of 4-10 ladybirds in a holly bush
The ladybirds are awake! #SpringSigns
Early colour, and a local species.
Nottingham Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus) in bloom at Holy Trinity Church, #Lenton. This locally scarce plant has a Nottinghamshire LBAP Species Action Plan and provides a welcome nectar stop for early insects: nottsbag.org.uk/lbap/
#SpringSigns #NottsNature #LBAP
Spring, wrapped and waiting.
A Horse Chestnut bud at Clifton Grove. These large, sticky buds hold leaves, flowers and future conkers all at once, sealed up as the tree prepares quietly while winter fades.
One of those moments where spring feels very close.
#SpringSigns #NottsNature #TreeBuds
A quiet woodland milestone.
Wood Anemones are starting to appear on the woodland floor at Portland Park, taking advantage of the spring light before the canopy closes. Always feels like a turning point in the season when these show up.
Have you seen them yet?
#SpringSigns #NottsNature #Wildflowers
A sign of spring!
Soft, silvery sallow buds beginning to burst at Mill Lakes, #Bestwood Country Park. Goat #Willow is vital for early pollinators, providing some of the first pollen and nectar of the year when little else is available.
Easy to walk past, but hugely important.
#SpringSigns #Sallow
springtime is lovely
#springtime #cherrytree #budburst #springsigns #biodiversity #tree #körsbärsträd #sunset #naturephotography #bjäre
Giving up versus hanging on: a visual for both outlooks. After some dreary weather, the sun is back & all feels good. Tulips are short-lived but always interesting. #tulips #viewfrommyvase #springsigns
Deep pink camellia blossoms with some unopened buds and glossy deep green leaves. The yellow stamen in the flowers really stand out against the petals.
Camellia extravaganza from Tacoma today #SpringSigns #flowersky
#Project365 #SpringAwakening #NaturePhotography #Snowdrops #FirstBlooms #SpringSigns #Wildflowers #FlowerPower #GardenMagic #SeasonsChanging #NewBeginnings #NatureLover #FloralFocus #SpringTimeVibes #BloomsOfInstagram
First adder sighting of the year! We spotted this beauty curled up on the dead bracken, perfectly camouflaged and soaking up the late February sun. Spring is on its way! 😊
#adder #Wildlife #springsigns
#snake #uksnakes #nature #photography #surreywildlifetrust
Beware of snakes in your life, they will bite when opportunity comes.
But take care of danger noodles, they just want to bask in the sun in peace. #spring #springsigns #dangernoodle #snake
A macro photo of a tiny, softly colored flower with 4 white petals with violet stripes, the white pistils with shiny black heads covered in white pollen stand out. Light green leaves peek out from under the flower.
Little signs of spring
#Macrophotography #Flowers #SpringSigns #Nature #Plants
#WildFlowers
