Woodborough Park Farm (October 2018)

It had been a while since I last took photographs from the path at Woodborough Park Farm, near Calverton, Nottinghamshire. The farm is set in a valley with good views across the fields. On this particular occasion there was some early autumn colours on show as well as some fine late afternoon sunlight:

Beech & Birch, Sherwood Forest (October 2018)

Whilst in Sherwood Forest looking a the red oaks, see my previous post, I also captured some early colour in the beech and birch trees - although it would be at least another month before the colours would be at their peak.

One of my favourite destination in Sherwood for beech trees is a small glade near to Hanger Hill. I photograph it regularly as I like the shape of the trees, particularly some of the branches that droop low to the ground:

Although there was still a lot of green leaves a few had started to turn which I captured with some seasonal beech masts:

The silver birch trees are always good value for autumn photography. In the early part of the season the colour is dotted about as a few of the leaves start to turn yellow:

Red Oaks, Sherwood Forest (October 2018)

I went searching for some early autumn colour in Sherwood Forest and in particular the red oaks which stand on the fringes of the forest. I had spotted these trees last year due to their early and vivid colours but wasn't sure about their identity. Subsequently, I did some more research on the identification of oak trees in early summer and was more convinced that red oak trees (Quercus rubra) where growing in both Sherwood and Clipstone forests.

Most of the red oaks are to one side of an avenue of trees that leads to the Hanger Hill area of Sherwood Forest. The colours can be seen in these images on the right hand side of the compositions contrasting with the beech trees on the left which are still have their green leaves:

The colours really started to show in these close-up photographs:

I took some more red oak photographs a couple of weeks later in Clipstone Forest when the colours had developed further. I will show a selection of these in a future post.