Anyone know what type of tree this is?

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  1. Grays

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    Hi all,
    Anyone identify this tree which hangs over our decking area from the home behind? It’s in blossom now and drops red berries everywhere in autumn.
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    I don't think it is viburnum opulus, which is a lovely native, to me it looks like a hawthorn going by the leaves. It's hard to see them but they look to have serrated edges and are quite small but viburnum opulus has bigger tri lobed leaves.
     
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    The petals don’t look right to me for the native hawthorn neither do the pronounced veins in the leaves. There are other hawthorns with which I am not so familiar with.
    The berries of each are very different.
     
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    I will see if I can get some better photos.
     
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    Here are another couple, first gives you an idea of the size (they are big) and the next one is a close up.
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    It looks to me like some sort of Sorbus (related to Whitebeam and Rowan)... there's one I found on the Internet called Sorbus pyricarpa which is similar. I wonder if @Silver surfer is about - she's very good at ID.
     
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          I think @pete is spot on with Swedish whitebeam. The flowers in the OP's photos are completely white with no hint of pink, and have long stamens. IMO hawthorn flowers, whichever variety, are more likely to be tinged with pink at some point (buds, or stamens, or spent flowers) and have shorter stamens...

          I'm still hoping for a visit from @Silver surfer though. :smile:
           
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            With the new pictures I don't really have an id. It's hawthorn like but not a native wild type but does look like images I googled of swedish whitebeam. It looks a nice tree
             
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