spring

Grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) and bumble bee in the spring garden. /Credit: Dasha Kalinkova/Getty Images.

Wildlife gardening

Plant Britain: Spring bulbs to plant now for bees and butterflies

Cuckoo behaviour in Countryfile podcast

Discover the mysterious lives of cuckoos in a Cambridgeshire fen

Adder - Vipera berus

Explore the Dorset coast in search of adders and spring migrants

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When is May Day, what’s the history and traditional events

Adam Henson in the Countryfile Magazine podcast

Springtime on the farm with Adam Henson

North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, UK

Bluebells guide: how to identify and best bluebell walks in the UK

Alarm clock in nature/

Daylight Saving Time UK: When do the clocks change and why do we change them?

Couple resting on picturesque bridge in woodland

Britain’s best spring walks

Picked nettle leaves in a colander. /Credit: Michelle Garrett/Getty

Food and Recipes

Nettle guide: where to find, how to pick safely and recipe ideas

Blossom and leaves

How to identify spring blossom

Wild garlic growing wild

Food and Recipes

Wild garlic guide: where to find, how to cook it and recipe ideas

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The most welcoming signs of spring

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How to identify catkins

Flowers on coast

Britain’s best daffodil walks

A nightingale singing in spring

Nightingales at dawn in Dorset – magical, beautiful and moving