Flowers in the trees

Ten days ago these flowers were all showing well in the wood walk.

This is known as bird cherry. It flowered later than the common wild cherry. The  much smaller flowers sit mainly in upright spikes although some do hang over the branches.

After the flowers the small black berry like fruits develop on the spikes.

I tasted them last year. They were intensely bitter. The name probably is a sign that the fruit is only fit for birds to eat!

These are crab apple blossoms.

Again the fruit is sour and not good to eat, though in this case they are often used in jams and jellies.

I don't suppose the name indicates what creature should be eating them this time!

Last are these flowers of the wayfaring tree.

They give rise to a pretty set of berries which I pictured last autumn.

But again they are food for birds, not us!