Will Hand wrote:

Just been walking round my gardens and it is really starting to look quite
autumnal. My mature sycamore tree now has a lot of leaves turning
brown/yellow. Grass is slowing down growth and some of the shrubs in the
deciduous border are losing their leaves. In the distance leaves on upper
branches of trees have a brown tinge. Plenty of debris (twigs, small
branches) after today's winds add to the autumnal feel as well as the
temperature of 11C. Still with the earth temperatures some 2-3 deg C lower
than last year it is perhaps not too surprising.



I was going to post something similar earlier. I have noticed a lot of
trees are starting to show yellows and oranges here. and the bracken is
rapidly turning brown (this usually happens in late September/ early
October.

I can't remember an earlier onset of autumn.


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Brian Wakem (Fleet)