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. 

September on the Southwell Trail - Part 3 (2020)

The final post from September photography on the Southwell Trail is a close up ‘details’ post. These are aspects of the trail that I spot whilst out walking; often taken casually but when combined, say something about the month or season in which they were taken. 

Norway Maple

If I am right with my leaf shapes these are Norway Maple leaves which gradually turned from bottle green to a deep red by the end of September:

 

Birch Leaves

The birch leaves tend to colour in clusters in early autumn but sometimes there is just the odd yellow leaf:

Hawthorns

Hawthorns display a nice array of autumn colours in addition to the seasonal haws:

                                                  

Rosebay Willow Herb

The pink flowers of the rosebay willow herb are replaced by distinctive cotton-like seeds in late summer and early autumn. An individual plant can produce thousands of these seeds which then disperse in the wind:

Horse Chestnut

I believe these are textures of an old horse chestnut tree - judging mainly by the trees that are closest to this one:

Fruit

Various fruit along the trail during September including blackberries, apples and pine cones;

Clover

Finally, a simple white clover flower. Very common, of course, but wonderful when viewed up close:

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: