February - an overview
February can be a cold unforgiving month with
snow
heavy
rain
and cold north winds, but it is also the month where the first
signs that spring is not far away.
What to see
Catkins sometimes called
'lambs tails' their golden tassels
can be seen hanging from the branches of Hazel. Plants are beginning
to show signs of life; the snowdrops are flowering, time-lapse
of a
snowdrop
flowering here... Daffodils shoots are now above ground
in readiness for flowering in March.
Migrant birds such as
Redwing,
Fieldfare
and
Waxwings
which have spent the winter in Britain can still be seen. Later
in the month
Lapwings
will return to moorland. Garden birds such as the
Blackbird
Blue
Tit and
Robin
will still find food in short supply, putting out food for them
will be help. This will encourage other birds such as
Long
Tailed Tits,
Bullfinch
and
Goldcrests
to visit.
A period of fine weather and you will hear birds such as the
Chaffinch
singing. Frogs will move to breeding ponds to
spawn.
Key dates:
10th February 2005
Frogspawn
at Greenfields Haworth. 15th February 2007 at Greenfields Haworth.
21st Feb 2008 at Greenfields.
23rd February 2007
Lapwings
on Haworth moor. 10th February 2008 at Leeshaw reservoir.
This ear month's so like the other - Some wod think em sister
an brother.
Bill o 'th' Hoylus February 1873
Now in th' right an left, the extremes of heaven, To frost
and snow an biting blasts are given.
Bill o 'th' Hoylus Febrewarry 1874
If you have any dates, information about weather or observations
about nature, stories or folklore relating to this month contact
us and if suitable will add to the page - please local to Haworth
and the surrounding area only.
