Elder flowers

Following on from the Wayfaring Tree, Rowan and Hawthorn, we now have the elder in flower.  It's a very common plant so you are bound to see its flat bunches of little flowers on the elder trees and bushes.

Notice the pinnate leaves with five leaflets.

Elder flowers can apparently be made into delicious fritters or boiled up to create elder flower cordial.  

Here's a recipe from BBC Good Food

And of course the berries in late summer make excellent wine or jelly.  

The flowers and fruit are also good for wildlife so elder is a very welcome part of Filnore Woods.