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Your wildlife photos as spring stirs into season

Paul Rayney A black adder with red eyes sits curled up in some brown leaves. Paul Rayney
Dave Howarth A starling murmuration over Newcastle Great Park. It is a cloud of black birds hovering over some grass.Dave Howarth
Paul Rayney captured this adder curled up in the sun last week
Dave Howarth said seeing a starling murmuration in Newcastle Great Park was "just incredible"

Photographers have shared their images of wildlife as spring swings into season in the North East and Cumbria.

Paul Rayner, from Ulverston, came across an adder basking in the sunshine last week, while Neil Coleran waited patiently for a resident barn owl to swoop over Druridge Bay country park.

Spring equinox in the UK will take place on 20 March, marking the beginning of spring on the astronomical calendar.

In Newcastle Great Park, Dave Howarth said he had "seen the marvel of a starling murmuration", adding it was "just incredible", while Dawn Charlton was visiting Castlerigg Stone Circle when she saw a chaffinch checking out its reflection in a car.

Iain Turner said he saw a little egret "dancing through the reeds looking for a suitable fishing area" along the causeway between Cavendish Dock and Roosecote Sands on Friday.

"I can remember when these birds were a rare sighting and now they are everywhere...I feel old," he added.

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