A touch of red contrasting with the predominant green of the fruit and the leaves as apples began to ripen. These pictures include different varieties of orchard fruit as well as crab apples growing wild. They were taken as the first signs of autumn began to appear towards the end of August.
Bright yellow berries on a pyracanthus, shrubs which usually have red ones.
One of the larger waterboatman species in Compton Park pond, its long powerful legs going back and forth as it swims along the surface of the water.
The berries on hawthorn seem to be even more abundant than usual this year. These were ripening on a bush on a narrow country lane by Wyken.
A large number of bumble bees were attracted to the flowers of this umbellifer by the Avon at Stratford.
Autumn colours beginning to develop on the leaves of Japanese acers early last month. One picture is of one of the many acers in West Park; the others of a tree nearby in the grounds of West Park Church.