The Beauty Of Spring Around The World In 14 Gorgeous Photos

A happy bird enjoys the blossoms at a park. Photo by Qu Mingbin
The beauty of spring has arrived. With its magic and its colorful flowers, singing birds, fragrant blooms, love in the air and longer days, nature invites us to refresh our minds and bodies — and to celebrate life.
As it paints the world with vibrant hues, the season that has forever inspired poets, painters, writers, musicians and other artists beckons everybody to new beginnings.
Around the world, the magic of spring brings new growth and new hope, birds returning from their winter migrations, cherry blossoms, greening trees, busy bees, fluttering butterflies, courting rituals and baby animals.
It's time to shed the winter blues along with the heavy coats. Take your camera and venture outdoors to enjoy the magic spectacle of nature.
Here are some photos from around the world to inspire you.
Plum blossoms in Nanjing, China.
Tourists view the blooming plum blossoms at the Qinhuai Plum Garden in the Lishui district of Nanjing, China, in March.
Under the blooming cherry blossoms at Stadtpark in Kaarst, Germany; Photo by Ying Tang
The blooming cherry blossoms at Stadtpark in Kaarst, Germany, this week.
A bird stands on a branch of a cherry blossom tree after a snowfall in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Zhu Yaozhong
The magic of spring's blooming trees in Tokyo, Japan.
Spring scenery among colorful flowers in Los Angeles, California; Photo by Zhang Shuo
A bird on a fully bloomed peach tree in Kashmir, India; Photo by Nazim Ali Khan
A bird sits on the branch of a fully bloomed peach tree in Poonch, Kashmir, India.
A spring wildlife scene in the Netherlands
A Grey heron perches amid flowering yellow tulip blossom fields near Keukenhof, one of Europe's largest flower gardens. Situated in the Netherlands, it welcomes some 1.5 million visitors and tourists each year.
The tulip flower is a popular Dutch symbol as the country has produced tulip flowers since the 16th century.
The bee and the crocus at a botanical garden in Bavaria, Germany; Photo by Sven Hoppe
A busy bee floats among crocus flowers at a botanical garden in Bavaria, Germany.
Tulips in a field near Schwaneberg, Germany; Photo by Peter Gercke
This tulip plantation nurtures tulip bulbs for allotment gardeners and bulk buyers in Germany, France, Austria and Switzerland.
The Hallerbos forest in Belgium
The Hallerbos forest covers an area of 552 hectares in the municipality of Halle, Belgium, and is well known in the region for its bluebell carpet that covers the forest floor for a few weeks each spring.
A squirrel amid flowers surveys Greenwich Park, London. Photo by Jordan Pettitt
A squirrel inspects its surroundings from a flowerbed in Greenwich Park, London, this week.
Flamingos returning for the spring to Gediz Delta in Turkey.
A couple of flamingos return for the spring to the Gediz Delta located on the Mediterranean-Black Sea migration route — one of the largest deltas in the Eastern Mediterranean, in Izmir, Turkey.
A pair of storks mating on their nest in the Hessian Bergstrasse. Photo by Arne Dedert/dpa
Storks are returning all over northern Europe to mate and raise their young. Against the backdrop of Auerbach Castle in the village of Hesse, Bensheim, a pair of storks mate in their nest.
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, through blooming trees
A beautiful frame this spring for the recently restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Mount Fuji, Tokyo, Japan
Legendary Mount Fuji at Lake Kawaguchiko, with cherry blossoms, rises in Yamanashi, near Tokyo.
Baby lamb among daffodils in Scotland
A new lamb takes its first steps in a field of flowers.
The beauty of spring should serve to inspire and motivate you for the rest of the year — or at least until the cold weather returns and your winter coats are retrieved from the closet.

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