Blickling Bluebells (and Red Campion)

A few of us from our local U3A Photography group got together this morning to photograph the fabulous bluebell woods at Blicking.  The weather was kind to us, beautiful sunshine and we were accompanied by lots of birdsong and the drumming of a Greater Spotted Woodpecker.

Although still common in Britain, bluebells are threatened locally by habitat destruction, collection from the wild, and from the escape of the Spanish bluebell from gardens and subsequent cross-breeding and loss of true native populations. The latter is a particular concern - during a recent survey by Plant Life, around one in six bluebells found in broadleaved woodland was a Spanish rather than native bluebell.
Bluebells are now protected from illegal commercial harvesting.