My dad told me he saw a large dark butterfly flying across the main road today on his way to work. This was probably a Red admiral or Peacock butterfly emerging out of hibernation with this mild weather recently.
My first butterflies last year were a Small tortoiseshell and a Peacock in late March, maybe with this recent sun i'll see one even sooner this year.
Another couple of species worth looking for at the start of Spring in March, are Sand martins, usually arriving late March / early April (i saw my first of last year about 15th March) and Wheatears (i saw my first about the 20th March last year).
The two spoken of above are two of a great number of migrating birds that come from Africa and the like to spend the Summer in Britain. If they arrive to early when it's nice mild spring weather then we have a frosty cooler spell in late March/early April it can be disastrous and even life threatening for these Birds. Lets hope this warm(ish) stint continues through Spring or it could be fatal for many Spring emerging Birds, Butterflies, Amphibians and even plants.
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