This blackthorn hedge near my home in Bulcote showed a spectacular display of flowers in April 2010. The same month, after a walk in Ploughman Wood, I heard a commotion going on in a blackthorn bush beside the path on my way back to Lambley. A blackbird was struggling deep inside the thorny hedge. Eventually it appeared – with three sloes (blackthorn berries) one behind another in its bill.
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