In Pictures: Nature’s annual show provides an ever-changing spectacle

PA news agency photographers captured the changing seasons during the course of 2024.

Crathie Kirk near Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, is surrounded by snow and ice (Jane Barlow/PA) (PA Wire)

As another year draws to its end, nature has provided its usual spectacle from one season to another.

PA news agency photographers have captured the changing colours of the UK as it passed from last winter through spring, summer, autumn and back to winter.

Spring brought new life with snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells while lambs frolicked in the fields.

Spring turned to summer with beaches luring many to the sea and farmers preparing to reap what they had sowed.

Autumn brought the changes of colours and falling leaves.

Winter beckoned with snowfall in December adding a Christmas card feel as the festive season approached.