Tell you what mate, I have been out to garden centre today, then I spent about 4 hours in the garden cleaning up from winter, but your right we are still in it at the minute. and spring doesn't start till 21 of march, so it is a little crazy that I am in a t-shirt and shorts and raking.
maybe it won't get that bad for nature, I know it's going to drop in temperature but we have been known to have snow in late april, so maybe we the animals will get away with it.
I hope they do anyway,