Spring Watch 2016 - Trees and Wildflowers - submit a new sighting
Step 1: Select a species
Alder: 1st FlowersAlnus glutinosa
Alder: 1st leaves (budburst)Alnus glutinosa
Ash: 1st leaves (budburst)Fraxinus excelsior
Aspen: budburstPopulus tremula
Beech: 1st leaves (budburst)Fagus sylvatica
Bilberry: floweringVaccinium myrtillus
Bilberry: ripe berriesVaccinium myrtillus
Bilberry: unripe berriesVaccinium myrtillus
Bird Cherry tree: floweringPrunus padus
Bird Cherry tree: ripe berriesPrunus padus
Bluebells: 1st flowersHyacinthoides non-scripta
Colt's Foot: 1st flowersTussilago farfara
Cowberry: floweringVaccinium vitis-idaea
Cowberry: ripe berriesVaccinium vitis-idaea
Cowberry: unripe berriesVaccinium vitis-idaea
Downy Birch: 1st leaves (budburst)Betula pubescens
Downy Birch: start of floweringBetula pubescens
Elder: 1st leaves (budburst)Sambucus nigra
Garlic Mustard: 1st flowerAlliaria petiolata
Grass: 1st cuttingCuttus grassus
Grey Alder: floweringAlnus incana
Hawthorn: 1st flowersCrataegus monogyna
Hawthorn: 1st leaves (budburst)Crataegus monogyna
Hazel: 1st catkinsCorylus avellana
Hazel: 1st leaves (budburst)Corylus avellana
Horse Chestnut: 1st leaves (budburst)Aesculus hippocastanum
Juniper: flowering (pollen release)Juniperus communis
Lady's Smock: 1st flowersCardamine pratensis
Larch, European: unfolding of needlesLarix decidua
Lesser Celandine: 1st flowersRanunculus ficaria
Norway Spruce: flowering (pollen release)Picea abies
Norway Spruce: start of height growthPicea abies
Oak, Pedunculate: 1st leaves (budburst)Quercus robur
Oak, Sessile: 1st leaves: budburstQuercus petraea
Osier: budburstSalix viminalis
Primrose: 1st flowersPrimula vulgaris
Rowan: budburstSorbus aucuparia
Rowan: leaves openedSorbus aucuparia
Scot Pine: onset of growthPinus sylvestris
Scots Pine: flowering (female)Pinus sylvestris
Scots Pine: flowering (male)Pinus sylvestris
Silver Birch: 1st leaves (budburst)Betula pendula
Silver Birch: start of floweringBetula pendula
Sycamore: 1st leaves (budburst)Acer pseudoplatanua
Wild Cherry tree: budburst (May shoots)Prunus avium
Wood anemone: 1st flowersAnemone nemorosa