What's flowering as forage in your area

[Antipodes]

There are lots alongside the road I take to work, loads of hedgerows with Blackthorn in them where we walk the dog - I've picked buckets full of sloes in years past to make sloe gin. I'm not sure which part of Hampshire is devoid of Blackthorn but it's certainly not the part that I live in. I'll post some photos when they finally come into blossom.

I think I don't know how to work the interactive map, which is unfortunate . I've decided I'm hopeless at interactive maps. Your'e probably in an excellent area!

You're probably good with them. Can you work it out?

 

[pargyle]

Interestingly, according to this distribution map, Hampshire doesn't look to be a particularly good area for Blackthorn?
Norfolk and West Wales look brilliant in comparison.

http://www.wildflowerweb.co.uk/plant/55/blackthorn

If you look a bit further into the Interactive map it shows that there is distribution in Southern Hampshire on a par with distribution across most of the country - it's a very common hedgerow species.

 

[pargyle]

I think I don't know how to work the interactive map, which is unfortunate . I've decided I'm hopeless at interactive maps. Your'e probably in an excellent area!

You're probably good with them. Can you work it out?

The interactive map shows the recorded distribution of the species as recorded in the surveys in the various periods since surveys commenced in 1930. The darker the brown the more prevalent the species. Hampshire, generally, appears to be no less populated with Blackthorn than most areas of the UK. Although, Wales, does have more concentrated populations of Blackthorn and a lot of UK areas.

 

[Antipodes]

The interactive map shows the recorded distribution of the species as recorded in the surveys in the various periods since surveys commenced in 1930. The darker the brown the more prevalent the species. Hampshire, generally, appears to be no less populated with Blackthorn than most areas of the UK. Although, Wales, does have more concentrated populations of Blackthorn and a lot of UK areas.

Am I reading it correctly to see concentrations around Leicester?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Interestingly, according to this distribution map, Hampshire doesn't look to be a particularly good area for Blackthorn?
Norfolk and West Wales look brilliant in comparison.

http://www.wildflowerweb.co.uk/plant/55/blackthorn

Just the odd bush starting here. The Bullfinches have been busy

 

[pargyle]

Am I reading it correctly to see concentrations around Leicester?

Yes ...that's how I read it ...

 

[enrico]

I am pretty sure all these blackthorn photos are wild cherry......totally different. Go back to the bushes in summer and try the fruit.

 

[Amari]

Interestingly, according to this distribution map, Hampshire doesn't look to be a particularly good area for Blackthorn?
Norfolk and West Wales look brilliant in comparison.

http://www.wildflowerweb.co.uk/plant/55/blackthorn

Thanks for the link to this website - new to me. FYI, the dense distribution of blackthorn 'in Norfolk' shown is actually both Norfolk and adjacent Suffolk - my county. We South Folk don't like being grouped with the North Folk........
Blackthorn is out - no cherry round here

 

[Curly green finger's]

Some cherry and blackthorn out in Shropshire yesterday, the blue bells in the big wood have flower spikes starting to show but probably a few weeks away from flowering which is early.

 

[Swarm]

I am pretty sure all these blackthorn photos are wild cherry......totally different. Go back to the bushes in summer and try the fruit.

Yes and generally flower earlier.

 

[boywonder]

Am I reading it correctly to see concentrations around Leicester?

Most of it in my garden It really is extremely prevalent in Leicestershire. In my experience, it generally flowers much earlier than, say, my wild cherry (prunus avium), though there are no signs of blossom here yet; though it won't be long.

 

[Sutty]

Bees are busy flying this morning and a little pale yellow pollen coming in. I've seen a few working snowdrops and cherry.

 

[Dodge]

Plenty of Blackthorn flowering in Warwickshire and Worcestershire today.

 

[Sutty]

what is this tree in my neighbour's garden, which the bees are enjoying?

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

View attachment 38961what is this tree in my neighbour's garden, which the bees are enjoying?

ornamental coconut

 

[ceolsen]

We have Heliborus and probably dandelions being worked. Bees had yellow and white pollen coming in. Have lots of daffodils blooming but didn't see any bees near them. The red maples should be blooming now that the weather has warmed up.

South of Atlanta, Georgia.

 

[Erichalfbee]

View attachment 38961what is this tree in my neighbour's garden, which the bees are enjoying?

Pink Pineapple?
I have one too

 

[Sutty]

View attachment 38961what is this tree in my neighbour's garden, which the bees are enjoying?

 

[Sutty]

Searching online I think it's hazel

 

[Erichalfbee]

Searching online I think it's hazel

Sorry, I thought you were joking. The tassel is full of pollen. The little bright pink thing is the female flower.