I didnt do anything wrong on CB...in fact i was ne of the people who got cloned not long before it closed...i hadnt posted for about 2 weeks, cam back and it was shut down.
Anyhow we will get told this is irrelevent chat to shoulnt be posting this, espacially as no one has answered the question.
No, it is the right time of year. I've had some for about a fortnight and was rather surprised to see it because of the cold weather we had at the time, including a couple of night frosts. In a mild winter I've had some as early as mid February. I keep a diary note of when it first appears every year in my pond - more out of interest than anything else, but it is a marker on the severity or mildness of the weather we're experiencing at the time.