March is usually blustery, but light finally wins out over darkness.  The vernal equinox falls on the 20^th when day and night are of equal length, and the clocks go forward on the 25^th, giving a sudden extra hour of light every evening. Spring feels irresistible now.   Summer-visiting birds begin to return, bumblebees are tentatively buzzing, and the ground can be cultivated. Yellow is the colour of March with daffodils, primroses, lemon-toned brimstone butterflies, and bright spring sunshine in between the showers and the gales. The month is named after Mars, the god of war, and the guardian of agriculture.

On the 20^th the sun rises precisely due east and sets due west. This only happens on two days a year the Vernal equinox in March and the Autumnal equinox in September.