There are years when spring has to be dragged in chains, kicking and screaming, to do what it says on the tin.

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 21 and 28 March. Send your photos to [email protected].

Balancing the dynamics of swan and instrument, the orchestra followed the swell of the whooper swan’s whoop whoop calls, leaving a lasting resonance within the cavernous chapel. The Finnish ...

Now see those colours, close up! From more than a few yards they are, as their very name suggests, black-headed gulls. Seen ...

Taken by Elizabeth Patterson. Ian Niven Ian Niven took this picture of a pair of Whooper swans during their "head bobbing and dipping" courtship ritual at Hogganfield Loch, Glasgow. Julie ...

Raptors, including Marsh and Hen Harrier can often be seen hunting over the reedbed at this time of year. Whooper Swans and Greylag Geese arrive from Iceland in October to overwinter at the reserve ...

Set on the southern shore of the loch, the reserve is home to Swallows and breeding waders in spring and summer, migratory geese and Whooper Swans in autumn, and woodland birds all year round. Red ...

There will be Whooper swans and Greylag geese on the wetlands day, and Scottish wood ant nests and Goldeneye nest boxes on the Caledonian pine forest day. We’ll learn about salmon along the River Spey ...