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Beautiful spring bluebells flower

A bluebell at Downhill Demesne in Northern Ireland

The UK's bluebell woods will be at their most beautiful over the next two weeks, according to the National Trust. This early bloom was spotted at Downhill Demesne in Northern Ireland.

Bluebell wood in the National Trust's Ashridge Estate (Image: Rebecca Judge)

Some areas in the south of England are already at the height of their bluebell display, including this wood on the Ashridge Estate on the border of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Child running through the bluebell wood at Hatchlands Park, Surrey (Image: John Miller)

John Miller took this springtime photograph of the woods at Hatchlands Park in Surrey.

These early blooms were photographed at Sheringham Park in Norfolk.

Bluebell wood at Nymans Estate in West Sussex (Image: Stephen Robson)

Warm and sunny weather should make scenes like this, captured by Stephen Robson at Nymans in West Sussex, a more widespread sight in the coming weeks.

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