Keep your eyes open for ripe blackberries in the woods and hedgerows - record your sightings
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Ilex aquifolium
- Evergreen shrub or small tree
- Grows up to 10m tall
- Numerous garden varieties
- Tough, dark green, spiny leaves
- Clusters of scarlet red berries
Fruits often stay on the bush overwinter and are popular with birds
Where found
May form undergrowth in woods but is also found in woodland edges, hedges and scrub
When to look for
The leaves are evergreen
- Ripe fruit from October onwards