Your pictures: 'Spring has sprung'

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.

Humans are not the only ones enjoying the daffodils in Keswick, Cumbria

Horden in County Durham has seen a dusting of colour this spring

Figaro thought these flowers in Wallsend, North Tyneside were bee-autiful

The sun has been shining in Buttermere, Cumbria

It is certainly daffodil season on Harrogate Hill in Darlington...

...and at Warkworth Castle in Morpeth

These lambs have been finding their feet in Coldstream in the Scottish Borders

Penshaw Monument has been illuminated by the spring sun

Michael has captured a bird among the flowering buds in Chester-le-Street

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