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.