On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 19:29:42 -0000, "Nick Gardner"
wrote:

As a few have already said - nonsense.

Of course it is. I posted it for a bit of levity but the calendar does
show that.

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Alan White
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Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

On Dec 12, 1:01*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
Utter rubbish Alan.

February is our coldest month (mean max. 4-7C depending on altitude) and
snow is guaranteed on Dartmoor every February.

Bluebells come out on the moor in April/May. The moorland variety is small
and not as big as the woodland varieties.

Will
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"Alan White" wrote in message

...

I've just bought myself a calendar for 2010. The picture for February is
of bluebells on Dartmoor with trees in full leaf. Is this normal, (up
here in Whistlefield it's usually May) or is this proof of global
warming?

Will, we need an answer.

Max here today so far 1.4 C at 00:59 and the min was 0.1 C at 09:18.
Currently 1.1 C.

Cloudbase c.150 metres of 8/8 thin St.

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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in
Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:-http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

Even in milder-than-mild Hampshire, I don't think I've ever seen a
bluebell before April. On the other hand I have seen primroses in
February, if I recall correctly.

Nick

Nick Gardner wrote:
I've just bought myself a calendar for 2010. The picture for February is
of bluebells on Dartmoor with trees in full leaf. Is this normal, (up
here in Whistlefield it's usually May) or is this proof of global
warming?

Will, we need an answer

As a few have already said - nonsense.

The bluebells usually start flowering around mid-April though I have
seen them out around here as early as late March but that it is in a
few, very sheltered south-facing places near the coast.

Up on t'moor they flower from late April onwards, and I have seen them
flowering until early June.

As Will has said, they are a different looking bluebell on the moor,
much shorter and with fewer flowers and less abundance. It is the same
species but has adapted to the acidic, peaty soils and windy, cooler
conditions; still beautiful nonetheless.
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Nick
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk
Fairly abundant here.
http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ga...age.php?i=9751

On Dec 12, 3:19*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Dec 12, 2:40*pm, Alan White wrote:

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:39:10 -0000, "Will Hand"

wrote:
Yes you can tell them that you asked a meteorologist who actually lives on
Dartmoor.

Thanks, Will, you're a star!
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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Lochs Long and Goil in Argyll, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:-http://windycroft.gt-britain.co.uk/weather

In the woods behind our house, at only 60m asl and in a very sheltered
location, which are carpeted with bluebells (mainly English, some
Spanish, some hybrid) in late March/early April, we never, ever, get
bluebells in February. What we do get that early on is allium
triquetrum (three cornered leek), but that has small white bells and
couldn't be mistaken for a bluebell by anyone; even WHSmith.

Actually, I noticed the very first three-cornered leeks on yesterday's
dog walk!