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 Apples ripen in early autumn |
 Deciduous trees change the colour of their leaves |
 Falling leavs are often red in North America. Many red-leaved plants in our gardens come from there. |
 Different trees change to different colours. Birch trees, as well as aspens, have yellow leaves. |
 Mushrooms sprout through the fallen leaves of trees during autumn. |
 Park trees are often chosen for their spectacular colours in autumn. |
 Autumn |
 Autumn trees |
 Bonfires are tradiitonally used to burn up dead wood in late autumn. |
 Carved pumpkins for Halloween |
 A close-up of leaves showing the way they change from green to yellow to red. |
 Holly begins to show its berries in autumn. |
 Horse chestnut fruits are made of a green shell and a large central nut. These have been split open to show them. |
 When the conkers fall, their shells begin to break open naturally. |
 These are the resulting frutis, which are nuts that we call conkers. |
 Fireworks are often used for autumn celebrations. |
 Hedgehogs make their final search for food before hibernating. |
 This pumpkin has been hollowed out and a light or candle placed inside to make it glow. |
 A selection of vegetables gathered from the fields for a Harvest Festival. |
 Acorns turn from green in late summer to brown in autumn, before falling to teh ground. |
 Pumpkins ripen well into the autumn. They grow from ground vines, a bit like cucumbers. |
 Fallen leaves are curled and dried as tehy fall. During autumn they will soak up rainwater and flatten out before begining to rot. |
 Trees with leaves that are changing colour. In this photo you can see the change in progress. |
 Ferns in autumn - the fronds die back at the first frost. |
 Some birds migrate to warmer climates as the temperature begins to drop. |
 A squirrel with a nut. Squirrels gather up lots of nuts in the autumn, burying them in the ground so that they do not starve during the cold winter months. |
 Ploughing the fields after a harvest in autumn |
 A turkey, cooked to celebrate Thanksgiving in the USA. |
 Surplus fresh fruit and some vegetables can be preserved by boiling it, or storing it in salt or vinegar. This is a traditional autumn job. |
 A forest in autumn - those leaves which have not yet fallen are yellow. The fallen leaves covering the forest floor are brown. |
 Pumpkins come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Small ones can be used for table decorations. |
 Seeds of a sycamore tree, ready to detach and fall to the floor as little propellors |
 Football begins in autumn when it is cooler and the ground is softer. |
 Frost is first seen on leaves in autumn. |
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