A nature conservation blog about the fauna and flora of Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Lower Stour Valley, Worcestershire, England.
A nature conservation blog about the fauna and flora of Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Lower Stour Valley, Worcestershire, England.
Ooh that’s really gorgeous!! They’re like shiny little apples.
Hawthorn is a fantastically useful medicinal herb – I did a blog post about them last autumn here… http://theforagingphotographer.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/152/
Along with elder, hawthorn is one of nature’s ready made medicine chests. 😉
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Ooh that’s really gorgeous!! They’re like shiny little apples.
Hawthorn is a fantastically useful medicinal herb – I did a blog post about them last autumn here… http://theforagingphotographer.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/152/
Along with elder, hawthorn is one of nature’s ready made medicine chests. 😉
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Interesting post, Lucy. I have always thought hawthorn berries to be poisonous.
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Far from it Mike! Although you wouldn’t want to eat them raw…
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I agree with Lucy these are like shiny apples! Very cool Mike.
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Thanks, Phil. I intended that the image should look like hawthorn berries. Still, never mind, I can’t win them all. 😉
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Beautiful! Love the yellow background 🙂
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