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Autumn/Fall

In hibernation

As the Nature thread is rather slow to load now as it's a bit cumbersome, and as threads are locked after 6 months, I thought I'd start a thread for the wonderful 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' rather early, as it's not the 1st September yet.

I don't think I've ever been so glad to get one season kicked out the door and see another arrive.

Please share anything autumnal.

I will upload a photo or two when I find them.

Maple leaf

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  • We are definitely mid-autumn here, it's cold out, 1.5 degrees on the weather station, and the trees are turning aflame, the fungi have reached the mid point, and the brambles which have been very fruitful due to all the rain, have turned.

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    1.5 degrees on the weather station

    It was 20 here yesterday (in the shade).

    What a contrast.

    We have the 1st prolonged heavy rain day for months. 

    Cinnabar_wing said:
    aflame,

    Lovely word.

    Maple leaf

  • in reply to In hibernation

    20! That's like high summer shorts and t-shirts weather round here! The woolies have come out the cupboards and the warmer duvets are on the beds. It feels like the first morning frost is whisperingly close.

    I think the climate regions are definitely shifting. Southern England sounds more like France!

  • in reply to In hibernation

    I accidentally disturbed two bats who were resting in the garage/shed door on Sunday. Mortified, as they are protected and shouldn't be disturbed, but I did get a rare glimpse of them.  I was just trying to work out what to do (there is a man locally who rescues them, but I didn't have his number to hand), when they flew off. I hope they are okay, it is risky for them to be out in daylight, but hopefully they made it back to the woods. We are a ordering a bat box to put up above that door.

    They were perhaps the reason for there only being one moth in/near the trap, but my daughter was ecstatic as she had just got a bat book from the library too. We had the detectors out a few weeks before, trying to listen for them after I saw a flitting silhouette in the gloaming.  

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  • in reply to In hibernation

    I accidentally disturbed two bats who were resting in the garage/shed door on Sunday. Mortified, as they are protected and shouldn't be disturbed, but I did get a rare glimpse of them.  I was just trying to work out what to do (there is a man locally who rescues them, but I didn't have his number to hand), when they flew off. I hope they are okay, it is risky for them to be out in daylight, but hopefully they made it back to the woods. We are a ordering a bat box to put up above that door.

    They were perhaps the reason for there only being one moth in/near the trap, but my daughter was ecstatic as she had just got a bat book from the library too. We had the detectors out a few weeks before, trying to listen for them after I saw a flitting silhouette in the gloaming.  

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