When is the first day of spring?

Definitions vary depending on whether you speak to a meteorologist, an astronomer or a gardenerAs another icy blast hits the UK from the east, it seems that spring is reluctant to arrive. The daffodils are coming out and some ponds have frogspawn but is it officially spring? Statistics show that a lot of people, perhaps wishing to be cheered up, are turning to the world wide web for information. It seems there are two possible answers, yes or no, depending on whether you are a meteorologist or a