Shrub/tree ID anyone?

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This shrubby tree must have come with a load of farm suitable mixed hedging - please can someone ID it?

[4wd]

Bird Cherry, unusual in the southern half of the UK
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_padus

We used to call them wild lilac as they don't look very cherry-like - but do have a small dark fruit like a cherry.

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Thanks, 4wd - I thought the leaves looked Prunus-like but the flowers had me stumped - and I couldn't remember fruit last year.

Yes flowers definitely lilac-like.

Tried the RHS site, but obviously not carefully enough

[wr]

We had to cut one down on Thursday as it was about to fall onto the road and it measured just over 60 feet in length. We have quite a lot of them around here and at this time of year they are a real picture and smell wonderful.