The countryside is increasingly painted with the shades of autumn...,
....the barley has been reaped...,
....and the heathers are dying back: the ling is finished but the bell heather (above) still carries some last flowers while the cross-leaved heath looks the healthiest.
There are splashes of bright colour, the leftovers of a summer flowering, like this self-heal, while....
....in the occasional sunny intervals, the butterflies still reappear. This peacock and....
....this red admiral were on the wing last Saturday but, with a piercing wind now in the north and the temperature struggling to reach 10C, I fear these may be the last butterflies of the year.
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