Berry delight. (lots of images)

[David Morison]

Despite (and because of) the very windy conditions, I thought I ought to get out and get a few shots of our local hedgerow berries. It has been such a good year for berries although some have already gone and some are now looking past their best, but there are still a lot of delights if you look closely enough. Sorry about the large number of images, but I felt it needed all these to do justice to the bounty for wildlife in our hedgerows.

One we all know well, Blackberry:



Rowan:



Ivy, not yet ripe:



Hawthorn:



Privet:



Yew:



Wayfarer:



Holly:



Mulberry, the last one on the bush. Picked some of these a month ago and made some very rich jam:



Sloe, good for gin and wine. Badgers have been gorging themselves on them down the lane:



Crab Apple:



Beechmast:



Laurel:



Despite all this fruitfulness the same Laurel bush was also still in flower:



All taken with E30 + 70-300mm and built-in flash (very dull day!)

David

[rsh1960]

Re: Berry delight. (lots of images)

Before someone else says it - A berry good set of pictures,those black berry look good enough to eat.

[Wee man]

Re: Berry delight. (lots of images)

Interesting series, I have never seen privet berries before most likely due to the fact that I keep it trimmed and remove all flowers etc. Thanks for showing.

[nickg]

Re: Berry delight. (lots of images)

A nice selection David. I took a few pictures of the berries on the Yew in the garden last week as it looks like it's going to be a bumper year. I'm looking forward to capturing the thrushes and redwings that gorge themselves on them with the 70-300 as last year I only had the stock 40-150. I *may* (quality dependant ) even post an image or two of the berries myself once I've got round to uploading and checking them.