The trail was awash with hawthorn blossoms in May, each branch clad in white and occasionally pink tinged flowers...an uplifting sight and a signal that spring had well and truly arrived.
An additional feature this year was a field of campion flowers that had bloomed in the absence of any farming activity.
A selection of early spring flowers captured along the Southwell Trail during April. These include: cherry, wild pear, and blackthorn blossoms; plus a celandine flower, newly sprouting hornbeam leaves and green returning to the fields.
There are enough photographs to show a second selection from my trip to Robin Hood Hill at the beginning of June. The first set focused on the oilseed yellows (see my previous post) and these are more general landscapes picking out features like the flowering hawthorns, some of the oak and ash trees that were still developing new leaves, and cow parsley lining the path…very straight forward photography but enjoyable all the same:
