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Your pictures: 'Spring has sprung'

Pamela TickellJournalist, BBC North East and Cumbria
News imageMurray McLaren Lambs in ReethMurray McLaren
Murray from Darlington snapped these lambs in Reeth

Spring officially started on 1 March, according to the meteorological calendar.

Here in the north-east of England and Cumbria, you have been sharing your photos of the season that brings longer days, new bulbs and new life.

News imageBBC Weather Watcher / Clare Louise Dog amid daffodils in KeswickBBC Weather Watcher / Clare Louise
Humans are not the only ones enjoying the daffodils in Keswick, Cumbria
News imageBBC Weather Watchers / Diamond Dust Flowers in HordenBBC Weather Watchers / Diamond Dust
Horden in County Durham has seen a dusting of colour this spring
News imageBBC Weather Weather / Figaro Bee on a flower in WallsendBBC Weather Weather / Figaro
Figaro thought these flowers in Wallsend, North Tyneside were bee-autiful
News imageBBC Weather Watchers / Trevor Buttermere, CumbriaBBC Weather Watchers / Trevor
The sun has been shining in Buttermere, Cumbria
News imageBBC Weather Watchers / TheAdder Daffodil in DarlingtonBBC Weather Watchers / TheAdder
It is certainly daffodil season on Harrogate Hill in Darlington...
News imageCarolyn Farthing-Dunn Daffodils at Warkworth CastleCarolyn Farthing-Dunn
...and at Warkworth Castle in Morpeth
News imageBBC Weather Watchers / HeathersWeather LambsBBC Weather Watchers / HeathersWeather
These lambs have been finding their feet in Coldstream in the Scottish Borders
News imageMackem Life Penshaw MonumentMackem Life
Penshaw Monument has been illuminated by the spring sun
News imageMichael Oliver Bird among flowering budsMichael Oliver
Michael has captured a bird among the flowering buds in Chester-le-Street

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