The forest floor is like a blue velvet carpet, when bluebells are in bloom and it is so beautiful and magical. The whole forest becomes cheerful, and the chirping of birds in spring adds to the brightness of the atmosphere. I never get bored, I go to the forest almost every day during the bluebell season, which is around mid-April-late May. In addition to the forest, bluebells also grow in fields and along hedgerows.
Bluebell flowers are usually deep violet-blue, and are bell-shaped with six petals with up-turned tips. The Bluebell flower is sweet-smelling. Some bluebell flowers can be white or pink. This species is a slow grower, taking at least five years for a seed to develop into a bulb.
Although bluebells' bulbs are normally considered to be toxic, in the past, their bulbs were crushed to make starch for the ruffs of shirt collars and sleeves. Also, bluebell sap is used to bind the pages of books and used to glue the feathers onto arrows,
The bluebell may be regarded as the United Kingdom's "favourite wildflower". In 2004, when one of the wild plant charities, Plant life, conducted a survey, they banned voters from choosing bluebells because they had been by far the top choice in an earlier poll for the nation's favourite flower.
The bluebell is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981). It is forbidden to dig up bluebell plants and bulbs in the countryside, and landowners are not allowed to throw away or sell their bluebell plants. The species was also listed on Schedule 8 of the Act in 1998, which makes trading in wild bluebell bulbs and seeds an offense.
The bluebells in this video are located in a downhill forest location, near Castlerock, Northern Ireland. Here's the location according to google map:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/55%C2%B009'27.1%22N+6%C2%B048'34.4%22W/@55.1575317,-6.809566,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xb9e98e57cf932a70!8m2!3d55.1575278!4d-6.8095556
The forest is open every day from 8.00 am until sunset for pedestrian and cycling access.
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