Elder flower
Sambucus nigra
Window
Typical: 25 May – 30 Jun (2026)
Cream-white plates of flower. Edible — cordial-making indicator.
Relevance to fishing
Marks the early-summer pivot — damselflies up, water lilies opening, tench feeding hard.
Phenology chain
Triggers
- Damselfly emergence (mixed spp.) roughly concurrent (range -7 – 14d)
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