Sorbus aria.

A lazy day round home and the weather a bit overcast.  So I decided on a shot I take every year, this time using a piece of equipment I haven't used before.  For some time Clickychick has had a "plamp".  This is  a 45 cm (18") flexible arm (like a thin leg of a gorilla pod if you have seen one) with a clamp at each end.  One end steadies the plant and the other you fasten to something firm (a spare tripod in this case).

It is amazing how much a twig can move even on a still day, the plamp however (plamp if you haven't guessed is a cross between plant and clamp) held everything very still.

The bud is a Whitebeam.   Every spring they have these lovely fluffy sprouts which contrast with the other greens in the garden.  Sadly the first heady rain spoils the look by flattening the small hairs.  

Whitebeam is a native species, the wood being used in the past for treen, clogs also cogs and wheels in machinery.  Wildlife are kept supplied by pllen for insects, leaves for moth caterpillars and birds like the berries.