Spring is here / by Arne Bischoff

Spring has arrived in Northern Germany. With temperatures rising over 15° C and beautiful sunny weather, the bird-sound-level multiplied. Wherever you walk, wherever you put your ear, you hear them display their songs. Ten days ago blackbirds, tits, robins and corvids dominated the gardens, today you see and hear nuthatches and starlings, green woodpeckers hold their courtships and yes, even the first white storks are back (to be honest, some particularly daring individuals went thus far to hibernate here, so they are not back - they were never gone). Oh soul, rejoice. It’s spring.