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Photo 1 hawthorn
Photo 2 ?
Photo 3 still don’t think it’s sloes, I’ll go with veggies superior knowledge.
Photo 4 cotoneaster
Photos 5&6 spindle

Hiya SC

Photo 2 is supposed to be the comparison between the hawthorn berry picked yesterday and the sloe picked today, I didn't get a picture of the blackthorn itself.

Photo 3 is just some random berry

There's no such thing as a random berry - you need to be able to identify them, especially if you want to pick sloes to eat!!
I think Photo 3 is Cherry Laurel - not to be eaten!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_laurocerasus

Photo 1 hawthorn

photo 3 privet - poisonous

photo 4 cotoneaster - poisonous

photo 5 & 6 spindle tree - poisonous

edit - 3 could be cherry laurel I suppose, but they don't usually drop their leaves to that extent, unless it's been smothered by undergrowth.

(06-11-2020, 04:24 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]There's no such thing as a random berry - you need to be able to identify them, especially if you want to pick sloes to eat!!
I think Photo 3 is Cherry Laurel - not to be eaten!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_laurocerasus

By random I was saying to SC that I knew is wasnt a sloe

(06-11-2020, 03:10 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Put your phone away and listen to the countryside, the birds singing, small creatures moving through the undergrowth, leaves rustling............

Cars coming

Hello Folks

Any ideas? I cleared some brambles today and a few clumps of these are spread around the area.

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Snowdrops?

(04-02-2021, 04:56 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]Snowdrops?

I'd go with that, but I'm pretty clueless.

Another in favour of snowdrops