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The rain had finally stopped and the sun as it often does after a down pour was bursting through and proving to us that it's nearly Summer time, we decided to get out and have a walk, It was uplifting after being cooped in the house and good to get away from the computer (I think I'm going to have to start limiting my time :))
We started off along the side of the farmers Barley fields on a public right of way then on through to the rapeseed that has all but finished. Then along a bridal path lined with hedgerows, past a few small holdings and some rather grand houses, then back home, we were out less than an hour and even though we have walked this route many times before I am always amazed at the abundance of plants and flowers.
I drove Colin my hubby crazy stopping all the time to capture this and that plant, nothing new :) , I used my camera phone a Sony that's 8 pixels, sometimes its about capturing the moment. I was meant to be on a walk after all.
Many of the hedgerows separating fields from lanes in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Low Countries are estimated to have been in existence for more than seven hundred years, originating in the medieval period.
In parts of Britain, early hedges were destroyed to make way for the manorial open-field system. Many were replaced after the Enclosure Acts, then removed again during modern agricultural intensification, and now some are being replanted for wildlife.
A hedgerow may consist of a single species or several, typically mixed at random. In most newly planted British hedgerows, at least 60 percent of the shrubs are hawthorn, blackthorn, and (in the southwest) hazel, alone or in combination.
The rain had finally stopped and the sun as it often does after a down pour was bursting through and proving to us that it's nearly Summer time, we decided to get out and have a walk, It was uplifting after being cooped in the house and good to get away from the computer (I think I'm going to have to start limiting my time :))
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| Barley, blue sky's with storm clouds |
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| Barley after the rain |
We started off along the side of the farmers Barley fields on a public right of way then on through to the rapeseed that has all but finished. Then along a bridal path lined with hedgerows, past a few small holdings and some rather grand houses, then back home, we were out less than an hour and even though we have walked this route many times before I am always amazed at the abundance of plants and flowers.
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| Rapeseed, rapeseed field and storm clouds |
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| Bumble bee -Rapeseed, rapeseed field and storm clouds |
I drove Colin my hubby crazy stopping all the time to capture this and that plant, nothing new :) , I used my camera phone a Sony that's 8 pixels, sometimes its about capturing the moment. I was meant to be on a walk after all.
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| Pretty dog daisy, ox-eye daisy - hedgerows |
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| ox-eye daisy - hedgerows |
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| Dog rose - hedgerows |
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| Poppy, rapeseed field and storm clouds |
Many of the hedgerows separating fields from lanes in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Low Countries are estimated to have been in existence for more than seven hundred years, originating in the medieval period.
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| Dog rose |
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| Dog rose |
In parts of Britain, early hedges were destroyed to make way for the manorial open-field system. Many were replaced after the Enclosure Acts, then removed again during modern agricultural intensification, and now some are being replanted for wildlife.
A hedgerow may consist of a single species or several, typically mixed at random. In most newly planted British hedgerows, at least 60 percent of the shrubs are hawthorn, blackthorn, and (in the southwest) hazel, alone or in combination.
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