Our blogger goes in search of one of the best known – but rarely seen – signs of spring.

Our blogger finds long-distance travellers in good voice at Wheldrake Ings.

Our blogger sets out to track down a master of disguise at North Cave Wetlands…

Our blogger spends a day at Paull Holme Strays Nature Reserve...

I find it next to a woodland path – the remains of a dead tree forming a mossy arch. It’s giving off a strong, mushroomy smell – and it’s absolutely covered in fungi.

I’m walking along a beach under a big sky. The waves shimmer in the dazzling sunlight. Where the sea meets the sky, the clouds look like a great bank of snow. Higher up, they grow wispier, among…

The two antagonists square up, eyeballing each other from close range, probing for a weakness. Huge cherry-red eyes meet huge bright blue eyes. Who will give ground first?

I pick my way slowly through the tangle of vegetation, placing my welly-clad feet down carefully on the rough, marshy ground. This place is teeming with life – buzzing, fluttering, rustling.…

It’s a sight to stop you in your tracks – dozens of butterflies clustered in one spot. I watch, fascinated, as they flutter and feed together. But these green-veined whites haven’t been attracted…

The puffin waddles to the very edge of the cliff, the strong claws on its big, orange feet gripping the crumbly, chalk surface. Its beak – an enormous red, blue and yellow triangle that really…