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l EARLY HOVERFLIES These can be the earliest pollinators you see at the first flowers of the new year. l ROOSTING BIRDS If you put up a nest cam, your first taste of action might be snoozing birds overnight – you could find several wrens packed in together for warmth. l HAZEL CATKINS Lengthening quickly along with the days, they dangle like lamb’s tails in the wind, stuffed full of pollen.