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Edith Weston is a small village on the southern shore of Rutland Water, the largest man-made reservoir in England by surface area. The village sits directly above the reservoir embankment, with views north across open water to the sailing club and nature reserve at Egleton. The water margins carry extensive willowherb, loosestrife and wild angelica from July through September, and the hedged pastures immediately behind the village hold a solid white clover flow through June and early July. The Rutland Water nature reserve, managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, provides sheltered foraging across its reed-fringed bays throughout the summer.

The season opens on blackthorn and hawthorn along the ancient limestone hedgerows, followed by sycamore and oilseed rape across the arable fields east of Oakham and Ketton. Lime flowers well in both market towns in June; white clover and field margins carry colonies through July. The reservoir shore at Rutland Water supports willowherb and wild angelica into late summer, and field maple, bramble and ivy on the churchyard walls close the year through October and November.