The Times reports on this year's amazing display of cherry blossom, with weather over the last year having been the perfect setup for a blooming marvellous display right now.

The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that the picture is actually apple blossom, but there are some bonus butterfly eggs on the leaf in the bottom left that hopefully make up for it (click for larger version). I would imagine that apple blossom might well be similarly successful this year for the same reasons, but it's not out yet – at least not on the apple trees near me and in my garden. I'd photograph the cherry blossom on the trees along the street, but it's dark at the moment!

Update: the BBC also have a video article all about cherry blossom, from an orchard in Kent.