There was a longer wait than normal for the full autumn colours this year, the season seemed to be a couple of weeks behind, or so the chatter on social media concluded.
Now when I look back to previous years photography, matching date for date, the perceived gap doesn’t look as big and/or the season had eventually caught up with itself.
Certainly in early October, the expectation of autumn colour wasn’t fulfilled. A walk around Sherwood Forest saw mostly green leaves with the exception of of a few notes of colour in the birch and red oak trees. In Foxcovert, a small wood and nature reserve, part of the wider Sherwood Forest, the colour was confined to a few sweet chestnut trees high in the canopy.
That said, I particularly welcomed these chances to get out with the camera. Woodland photography is a peaceful activity, barring the odd dog owner bellowing instructions to deaf eared mutts, or inquisitive walkers that assume I have spotted rare wildlife…a few disbelieving that tree photography could possibly be a motive!
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