All the birds are in full courtship mode now. Mallards, Collared Doves, songbirds. Saw four species of spider in about 5 minutes today, mainly juvenile wolf spiders and baby nursery-web spiders - amazing how they appear when the sun comes out. Lots of ballooning threads too but I still haven't managed to see a money spider. Greenery burgeoning everywhere - ragwort, buttercups, herb robert, vetches, wild strawberries...
Thanks for the info about Buddleia Geoff. I was suspicious when some of the allegedly new leaves I was seeing were so big, although there appears to be new growth in there too. Birch buds have that lovely purple sheen at the moment, but not open yet.
2 big moths on the windows at work today too, but as they were on the outside and I'm on the first floor I couldn't see them properly to identify them
I'm sort of expecting Butterbur and Marsh Marigold to start flowering soon. Must check out the local sites...