The blackthorn is a feature of the English countryside in Spring. Its confetti of blossom arrives early and it flowers before it sets its leaves. Compare with the hawthorn where flowers follow leaves.
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| A little corner of countryside close to Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. |
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| Catkins on the English Oak |
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| blackbird in the wild cherry |
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| and this is somewhere else - more of this another day. |
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