Monday, 7 April 2025

Hawthorn Blossom


 These flowers are only about one centimetre in size but look an awful lot larger here as this picture was taken with a Macro Lens. When the flowers dye off a fruit is produced that ripens later in the year, it is known as a Sloe. some people collect these and and make Sloe Gin. Not very tasty as far I know. Many of these bushes are growing at Ferrymoor Flash.

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