Budburst

Record hawthorn budburst when scales of the bud burst to reveal the colour of the new green leaves.

If you have recorded hawthorn events before, continue to record on the same shrub.

Expected Date Range: mid-February to mid-April 

Available historic data: we have some records from 1989-1999 

Just right

  • (Christine Tansey/WTML)

Too early

  • (Margaret Barton/WTML)

Too late

  • (Judith Garforth/WTML)