Maples can develop stronger autumnal colours than most other native deciduous trees. These leaves and seeds were changing colours on their trees in September.
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Getting ready to go: house martins
House martins circling round and landing by their nests on the last houses before the golf course on Penn Common.
The birds, possibly this year’s young, were beginning to get ready for their long migration when these pictures were taken towards the middle of last month.
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Bryony ripening by a country lane
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Plump berries on bryonies climbing over roadside hedges, ripening as they pass from green to yellow, orange and finally red.
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Peacock butterfly on water mint flower
Peacock butterfly resting on a water mint flower on a warm day recently.
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Autumn colours, Wightwick Manor
The Heritage Open Days earlier this month gave a chance for a good look around the gardens of Wightwick manor without paying the usual entrance change. The vivid coloured liquidambar was on the slope above the car park; the other trees were on the shore of one of the ponds.
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Orange grisettes, Bantock
Orange grisette mushrooms growing under a conifer in Bantock Park recently. The colour is initially somewhat stronger than in the related tawny grisettes. Both fade after rain, so become harder to tell apart.