September on the Southwell Trail

A return to trail photography and simply noticing the abundance of seasonal berries and fruits: rosehips; haws; blackberries; sloes; elderberries; winged samara; ash keys; rowan berries; conkers; snowberries; and apples. 

August on the Southwell Trail - Part 3

This selection from the Southwell Trail concludes the August photography. It is a round-up of different aspect of the trail that caught my eye during the month starting with various tree fruits and berries.

Blackthorn fruit known as sloes:

Damson fruit:

Hawthorn berries often called haws:

Rowan tree berries:

Horse chestnut husks containing conker seeds:

Apple tree with the leaves starting to colour and fall on the ferns below:

I have been keeping my eye on the hornbeam trees thought the year. These are some of the leaves catching the morning light and then towards the end of the month some colour starting to appear as the leaves turn to autumn and the seeds, known as samaras, begin to dry out:

These are flowering yarrow plants:

Some early signs of autumn arriving:

Lastly, a small series of horizontal lines or bands in the landscape made from crops and hedges. I am interested in this as a wider theme for photography with a band being defined as a stripe, line or elongated area of different colour, texture, or composition from its surroundings: