May on the Southwell Trail

This selection of photographs continues my series documenting aspects of the Southwell Trail throughout the year. For this post I concentrate mainly on the close-up work, the details that I pick out whilst walking. I have no particular plan for this activity other than trying to take a photograph each time I go out. The subjects may include anything that catches my eye or interests me - may be a flower, or a type of tree, a view, the weather and so on. There always seems something to photograph and the Southwell Trail has kept me engaged for years! These are some of the results from May..

The hawthorn tree is also known as the May-tree due to its flowering period and there were plenty of opportunities to capture them during the month:

I spotted this agricultural flower in one of the fields which I believe belongs to the broad bean plant. In fact, I am sure, as I revisited the field yesterday and there were plenty of nice bean pods growing:

There are lots of dandelion-like flowers and I am never sure which is which. I think this is hawkweed:

The dog roses started to bloom at the end of May:

These red helicopter seeds caught my eye but I am yet to confidently identify the tree, beyond thinking it is a type of maple?

This delicate flower is a hedgerow cranesbill, I believe, and it is followed by a fine display of honeysuckle flowers:

Finally, it is sometimes good to look up and I particularly liked the cloud shapes I captured in this photo: