Spring flowers left in the hedgerow after silage making. Photographed at Bellerby, near Leyburn, North Yorkshire

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The picture shows farmland near Leyburn. The field in the distance has been harvested for silage leaving a broad strip of untouched hedgerow where many species of wildflowers continue to flourish.

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Size: 5172px × 3448px
Location: Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, UK
Photo credit: © Christine Whitehead / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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