Woodbine

Woodbine or honeysuckle.  A fragrant and attractive climber in a hedge.

The long spur at the back of the flower is full of nectar.

When it grows in woods the leaves are the foodplant for caterpillars of the white admiral butterfly, and the bark is a favourite nesting material of dormice.

The leaves appear early in the year and can be identified by the pale, almost white central vein.

Honeysuckle twines so tightly round the young shoots of coppiced hazel and ash, that it can deform them.  The resulting barley sugar stems are highly valued by walking stick makers.