Sunshine, blossom and glorious floral displays made for a colourful first day of meteorological spring.
Here is a snapshot of spring in the air in the UK.
Spring blossom next to the River Thames near Richmond on the first day of meteorological spring (Ian West/PA)
Men exercise by blooming flowers in St Nicholas’ Park in Warwick (Jacob King/PA)
A woman sunbathes in Old Portsmouth, Hampshire (Steve Parsons/PA)
Newborn lambs in a field at A J Thompson & Sons farm on the Romney Marsh near Lydd in Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Fern Gibson holds a crocus at Kirkstall Abbey Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire (Danny Lawson/PA)
Serena with her cat Chummy among the daffodils in London’s St James’s Park (Luciana Guerra/PA)
