Common sorrel, Rumex acetosa

The leaves can be a little bitter on their own, best to mix with other salad leaves.

Wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella

The leaves are great in salads and fish. They have a sharp lemony flavour due to the low quantities of oxalic acid.

Navelwort (Pennywort), Umbilicus rupestris

Leaves are juice and delicious in salads or on sandwiches.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa

Messy-looking, dense, twiggy, spiny, spreading. Generally looks like a big bush rather than a tree. Can form impenetrable thickets. Can be surrounded by suckers. Hard to see any central trunk.

Water mint, Mentha aquatica

Grows between April and October. Usually found in marshes, meadows, damp woodland and by rivers and streams.

Common Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna

Hedgerow shrub or small tree. Can be multi-stemmed or with single trunk.