Continuing from the previous post, I have to say that the prominence of hawthorn berries this year is not only due to the favourable spring providing the conditions necessary for flowers to convert into berries. A further factor is the way the leaves seem to have departed the trees well before the berries have begun to drop or been eaten by birds. These berries were on a bush by the River Ribble and the dark background of the shaded water emphasised their redness very well.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10
