The First Daffodil

I met an old boy in the Wolds last week who told me it was the first winter he could ever remember without snow. It has been very mild, which makes it surprising that it took until today for the first daffodil to emerge. As you can see below they often come up sooner.
2006 Feb 5th
2007 Jan 14th
2008 Jan 6th
2009 Jan 24th
2010 March 20th
2011 Feb 26th
2012 Jan 23rd
2013 Feb 2nd
2014 Feb 23rd

The photo is at the top of one of the dry valleys in the Wolds, with an ancient earthwork going off to the left.