The mild Winter

[Tringa]

Thanks Dogg, a really good note.

I would not worry about the weather in February. Even the 1st is nearly two weeks away which I think is too distant to forecast accurately.

Although I think the Met Office use different tools for longer term forecasting, but was it last spring where they predicted a hot summer that never arrived?

Dave

[Meadow5]

Originally Posted by FUDGEY

Very true AfternoonLemon , I did hear Feb was going to be a cold one. It surely wont affect them as badly this year though as the last 2 years totally crippled many species in my parts. Kingfishers were almost wiped out. Be interesting to hear others thoughts and see what actually happens.

How did you find out that the kingfishers were nearly wiped out?

[Meadow5]

Originally Posted by htcdude

Mild winter!?! My fingers nearly dropped off cycling in to work this morning!!


So far the winter hasn't been anywhere near as bad as the last couple, which is good...so far.

However I wonder if it stays like this much longer things like ladybirds and early spring risers will appear too early and get hit by a cold snap towards the end of the month/February.

Nige

Lol really? Why do i feel like its spring then over here? The weather is so weird at the moment isnt it, one day frosty next mild

[Shrike]

if we do miss the cold front we could always go up to scotland for a weekend to witness the beauty , then come home to dry paths

[MartinL]

We've not completed January yet!!

The warm temperatures so far, could lead to deadly ones over the rest of the Winter, (especially for the creatures fooled into thinking Spring has sprung). There's still a long way to go before Spring is here!

One good thing, our log-pile is still good for a few more weeks.

[Suffolk-Chris]

Originally Posted by Janec

Please please tell me it's not so. Please tell me this is just what a man down the pub told you

You should see what the Met Office are saying for early Feb..... they're hedging their bets by saying it will either be warmer than average OR were going to get BIG SNOW!!!!!!

So, it will probably just be mild and soggy then.... yuk.

My worries would be that things brought forward by the mild spell may be hit if we have a big cold spell, with knock-on effects along the food chains.

[artdemole]

TheWeatherOutlook ? weather forecasts and data.. Forecast there shows very cold days for the 1st week of February.Being a member there check forcast daily...aDm...