That doesn't surprise me, Chris. I think a handful of places in the UK reached 17c on Friday.Chris Jackson wrote:..In the last 2 days temperatures in the south of France (and most of France in fact) have been hitting around 17°C, with some isolated reports of 23°C near Bordeaux.
I fear this may be short lived, I had nearly forgotten "the beast from the east" last year which wiped out most of March, even reaching the south of France.
There's no sign of a 'beast from the east' this year and let's hope that continues! Last year, when I visited Monsieur Gallon's Violet Copper site in late May the leaves on the trees hadn't unfurled and it felt more like early April! We did well to notch 70+ species but the previous year we got 99. Hopefully, a warmer late winter/early spring will see 2019 threaten three figures again.