Spring Blossom at Hetchell Wood, Yorkshire

Visited Hetchell Wood Nature Reserve yesterday afternoon for a couple hours' walk through the woodlands. My aim was to see the bluebells at their peak; what I didn't expect was the incredible white carpet created by wild garlic flowering throughout much of the reserve! Looking through these photos, I can still smell the garlic in the warm air contained underneath the canopy ...

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Check out these and more photographs from Hetchell Wood in high-resolution in a Flickr album.