Beech tree seeds?

the small one is the unpollinated flower and the bigger ones that stay on the tree is the immature beech nut.

first time ever I have had hayfever, it coincided with the beech flowers.

Thank you Seaburngirl. I expect the nuts will drop at some time and hopefully the birds will eat them.

Beech pollen is a very common cause of hayfever, so much so that its on the list as a standard thing to check for on the NHS when people have allergic rhinitis, Casso.

Thankyou Bamboo. I didn't know that. More reason to have the tree chopped down I suppose.

What is an 'unpollinated flower' seaburngirl?

Means the flower hasn't been pollinated by an insect, or that no pollen has mingled with it, so it's sterile and cannot form a seed, unlike the larger seedcase in your picture.

I heard on the weather report last week that the tree pollen season was over and the flower pollen season has not quite started. Any thoughts Bamboo?

Tree pollen probably is done with, by and large, for this year - as for the flower season pollen, well, how can they be that definite? Lots of things are flowering early this year...

Thats what I thought as my eyes are streaming.

I had trouble today - I get what feels like a tiny fragment of something in my throat which makes my eye water and then I have to cough for ages and have a drink - twice it happened in someone's back garden, fine at the front for 3 hours, but the two times in the back, it happened twice, first on the right, then on the left, so there's something in the air. Perhaps its that Icelandic volcanic ash, lol!

Perhaps it is, I never had this reaction till I was in my fifties

Me too - not allergic to anything before 45 either - intolerances, sensitivities and allergies seem to get worse as we get older, I'm gathering more and more as time goes by. such a delight this aging business...

Too true B