St Valentine’s month may be bitterly cold, but the capricious charms of Vanellus vanellus never fail to warm the heart, says John Lewis-Stempel

Though January 1 marks the start of our calendar year, spring feels like the time when things really get going, as forests awaken, flowers bloom, migrating birds (swallows, swifts, warblers…) return f

Nadia Shaikh goes synaesthetic for the start of spring, almost tasting the orange tang of an early butterfly

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

It can still seem like winter, but March sees birds beginning to stir, writes David Callahan …

March is a month of change for Nature, says James Lowen…