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 * Recorders’ observations confirmed last year that ladybirds and butterflies are waking up three weeks earlier compared to 30 years ago, swifts arrive around a week earlier and one species of bumblebee is active now all the year round. The hawthorn, which is also known as the Mayflower and traditionally linked to late spring, is often spotted flowering in March - all as a result of climate change. Source: The Woodland Trust, January 2007