A Walk with Wildlife

Adventures in the wilds of England by Adele Brand

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Turning Seasons

Adele Brand
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Strange thing, September. For the last two years, autumn has appeared to start precisely on the 1st. The air cools, the mornings are sweeter, and the last swallows hunt over dewy fields. And woodlands acquire that watercolour glow.

Autumn comes

Water – rainwater – is what fungi need, but last year’s switch from dryness to extreme undying rain produced few. I hope we have more of a show this year, and the boletes have already fruited, carpeting the road verge with otherworldly glory.

Bolete 5 Sept 20

And the foxes – hints of their winter coats are starting to frost the russet.

Fox stepping WF 31 Aug 20

24 responses to “Turning Seasons”

  1. tonywparr Avatar
    tonywparr

    Adele,
    You hit on three of my favourite things:
    Watercolor
    Mushrooms
    and
    Foxes
    with words and pics to delight
    Thanks again for sharing

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Thank you Tony! Hopefully more of all three throughout autumn.

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  2. belindagroverphotography Avatar
    belindagroverphotography

    I do like that first photo. It certainly captures early fall. Fine fox and mushrooms too.

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Beechwoods are special in autumn. Hoping for some nice colours this year.

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  3. wordsfromanneli Avatar
    wordsfromanneli

    Is this your pet fox? Seems to be the same pretty face I saw on some of the other fox photos. The first photo, too, is very nice. As you say, like a watercolour. Lovely time of year.

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      I’ve had a few foxes in temporary care while they were recovering from sickness, but none as pets 🙂 I have seen this one before but he’s not come close to me on previous sightings – he was distracted and very nearly bumped right into me and my large dog! He lives on a local farm.

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      1. wordsfromanneli Avatar
        wordsfromanneli

        Yes, you know I meant “pets” in a very loose way, in the same way that Lincoln is my “pet” squirrel. Those foxes have a very pretty face.

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    2. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Ah, I see. Yeah, he’s not one of the garden gang. At least not yet. During the breeding season (Nov – Jan), big males wander anywhere they like, so he may turn up on the lawn later in the year – he’s not that far away as the crow flies.

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      1. wordsfromanneli Avatar
        wordsfromanneli

        It must be great to see them around (as long as you’re not trying to raise chickens).

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  4. Angela Hennell Avatar
    Angela Hennell

    Incredioble fox pictures & liked the fox video. Was he just a slim fox or a babe?

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Thanks Angela – hope you’re well. I talked about the fox’s skinniness in the post, but in brief it’s quite normal for Balkan foxes to look like that; it helps them cope with the extreme summer heat. Our foxes look much stockier because that helps them conserve warmth in our more northerly climate.

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  5. Hauptschulblues Avatar
    Hauptschulblues

    My fox came back yesterday after three days. Beautiful as ever, a bit hungry. Even the cat missed him.

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Glad he’s back – maybe he was investigating something else for a while. My foxes have at least one eye on the blackberry crop at this time of year and go wandering in search of it.

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  6. Eliza Waters Avatar
    Eliza Waters

    Stunning fox photo! Fall is in the air today here, too. But back to hot/humid later in the week, our summer isn’t over yet.

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Thanks! I carried my big lens over hills for an hour and found nothing, and was beginning to give up when I spotted this fox sitting with a couple of magpies (…as they do) in a field. He certainly put on a good show, walking straight towards me.

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  7. Lynette d'Arty-Cross Avatar
    Lynette d’Arty-Cross

    What glorious photos, especially the last one.
    I noticed the temperature last evening, too. Cool and invigorating, and very distinctly different from summer.

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Thanks! Yes, feels like nature’s flipped a switch and is in a different mood now.

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  8. nora116308 Avatar
    nora116308

    Fantastic photos of nature especially of foxes.

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Thanks Nora 🙂

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  9. naturebackin Avatar
    naturebackin

    What a lovely post to autumn. The woodland picture really does glow as you describe and you have captured the other-worldliness of that exceptionally gorgeous mushroom, and the fox walking towards you is priceless.
    Here in the south, I expect we will be seeing swallows before too long …

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    1. Adele Brand Avatar
      Adele Brand

      Yes, and they might tell tales of a long English summer! Strange to think that they’re so much freer in movement than we are now.

      Thanks – I love autumn and hopefully it’ll be a good one this year.

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      1. naturebackin Avatar
        naturebackin

        Very true – it is strange that we are so constrained and the birds, mercifully, still fly. The long migrations never cease to astound me.

        I hope you have a lovely autumn blessed with perfect conditions for fruiting fungi.

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  10. Steve Gingold Avatar
    Steve Gingold

    You really get some intense fox images, Adele. Fabtastic eye contact.

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    1. Steve Gingold Avatar
      Steve Gingold

      Ha…missed that typo but it does work. 🙂

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