CloseEyeOnNovember - Page 2 - Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk)'s Photos

November seems like a lost month in limbo. Autumnal leaves still cling to trees but few plants remain in flower. The Crane falls quiet and awaits the onset of the coldest corner of the year.

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Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Fallen leaves gather in the undergrowth and begin the process of returning their nutrients to the underlying soil.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > It is already hard to believe that just a few months ago this was a wet meadow full of flowers such as Meadowsweet and Meadow Vetchling.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The cycles of leaf fall differ dramatically between species. The Ash on the left has discarded almost all its leaves by late November and yet the Cherry to the right is still ablaze.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > This is a another close view of decaying Bramble leaves, with the main veins the last to drain of colour.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The die back of the riparian vegetation reveals the holes of water voles, which have been submerged by succulent grasses over the summer months.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > November sees occasional tree surgery in Crane Park, with the trimmed timber hopefully remaining in the park to provide vital habitat for decomposers and all who feed on them.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > A typically cryptic November sky looms over the Crane Valley, revealing little of its intentions beyond swirling layers of speeding cloud.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > In November the reed beds on Crane Park Island are also dying back slightly and the crisp light catches them one afternoon.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > A fungal explosion fills the decomposing wound of a recently broken trunk on an ancient Crack Willow close to Hospital Bridge Road.

Fallen leaves gather in the undergrowth and begin the process of returning their nutrients to the underlying soil.

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