Bluebells usually flower from late March to early May, one of the last spring woodland flowers to bloom after snowdrops, primroses, celandine and wood anemones, but this year’s mild winter and spring means they may well be early.

Provisional figures the Met Office show both England and Wales saw their warmest February on record, and the winter as a whole was the fifth warmest ever recorded for the UK.

Forestry England has produced a list of some of the best places to see bluebells in its woods this spring, with top spots ranging from Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest in Kent and Westonbirt, the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire, to the ancient woodlands of West Woods, Wiltshire, and Robin Wood, Derbyshire.