October is often a cool month along the Crane and yet the colours of autumn are somehow warm and reassuring. These Guelder Rose berries are literally glowing in the October afternoon light.

October is the month of reflection but the memories of summer still vividly remain. The likes of lilac, white, azure and emerald are slipping by. Welcome to ochre, gold, peach and chestnut.

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Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The October undergrowth is an eclectic tangle of the dying and the new.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Herb Robert is still in flower, although nowhere nearly as abundant as at the height of the summer.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Remnants of late summer Nettle growth is still luxuriant, although like the flowering Hogweeds, the October plants are shorter and almost aware that their growing season is about to end.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > A Grey Heron freezes a few centimetres above the surface of the Crane, watching patiently for passing fish.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > October is often a cool month along the Crane and yet the colours of autumn are somehow warm and reassuring. These Guelder Rose berries are literally glowing in the October afternoon light.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > The leaves of deciduous trees are beginning to die back in October and we begin to see a local version of "fall colours". These Horse Chestnut leaves are fading fast.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Hogweed has a long flowering season and even in October some are still in bloom. This plant has an unusual pinkish tinge to the petals.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Stag Beetle grubs take over five years to mature to adulthood, with this individual probably within a season of that goal.

Anita and Keith Martin (borsuk) > Mouse-ear Hawkweed is one of the few grassland plants in flower in the Crane Valley this month.

October is often a cool month along the Crane and yet the colours of autumn are somehow warm and reassuring. These Guelder Rose berries are literally glowing in the October afternoon light.