Mushroom tells us spring has arrived!

A mushroom that isn't usually seen in Britain for months has emerged in February for the first time on record. Half a dozen Shaggy Inkcaps have burst forth in South Devon after days of sunshine.

Professor Alan Gange, an expert on fungi from the University of London, said: "I am quite astonished by their appearance now and can only assume it is because of the extraordinarily warm weather.

"I have checked our database of 58 years' worth of data and this is the first report of this species fruiting in the spring.

"In our data, the earliest recorded date for the species is June 11."

So, spring is here is it?

Have they looked out of the window??