Last weekend I took my camera with me on a walk round the local park to photograph the seasonal changes.
Surprisingly, autumn has been slow to arrive. I am used to living further inland, but here in Ipswich, on a clear day from the ninth floor, you can see Felixstowe down on the coast 11 miles away.
I have concluded that being closer to the sea has kept temperatures slightly warmer in the local park and hence without a run of adequately cool nights the leaves are still to significantly change colour.
So far the most noticeable change is seen in the horse chestnuts. The leaves have turned crispy and brown, and many have dropped already. Sadly, I suspect the trees are suffering from bleeding canker disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv aesculi.
On a more positive note there’s still plenty of colour in the wildflower meadow drifts.
And, self-seeded here and there, the umbels of wild angelica brighten up the shady areas edging the bottom lake.
Wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris) found edging the bottom lake in dappled shade.
I wasn’t the only industrious individual stalking the park, the squirrels and jays were busy collecting autumn berries and acorns.
Lovely pictures of a yet-to-kick-in autumn. Our chestnuts have suffered terribly. They’ve been thinking it’s autumn since July. But over the last two days or so, the season has finally begun. I hope we get our long run of autumn colour, even though it’s starting late.
Yes, I thought it was late this year. The garden ornamentals such as the amelanchiers are definitely turning.
Thousands of miles from you, we in Philadelphia have been enjoying almost summer like weather ourselves. I think it is beginning to change, chilly and rainy to day. We have many acorns and walnuts and so on all over the ground. More than usual. Loved seeing your views and comparing them to what I see here at home.
Yes, I see from many photos that you folks with a continental climate usually have a much finer show than we do here with our wet and windy weather.
This year could be interesting since it has been so dry up to now – but we are lucky here, we have a beautiful fall almost every year…
Yes, it has been very mild here too, and the trees are looking tired and wind-burned but not exactly turning. On the plus side, great economies on the heating 🙂
Oh yes, I second that!
Thats a great local park to escape in Agnes. A lovely image of the Jay, action bird pictures tell so much.
Thanks. I clicked away, but only one image was in focus and that was it. 😊 better than nothing.
Beautiful photos, I love getting out and taking photos of nature too! I especially like the Wild angelica photo, so wonderfully captured! 🙂
Thank you. We are lucky to have an interesting local park where they have planted some bee friendly areas with wildflowers.