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The countryside is coming alive with autumn colours, the hedgerows are bejewelled with rubies and strings of pearls, and the trees are taking on reds and yellows, which are a joy to see.
Very soon the autumn gales will have blown all the leaves to the ground, returning all their nutrients to the soil for the regrowth in the spring.
I have been kept busy in the garden bagging up some of these leaves, for in a couple of years' time they will have transformed into a wonderful compost for the garden.
There are still a small number of house martins flying around the house: no doubt the late broods I mentioned last month; they are still building up their strength for their mammoth journey to Africa.
No doubt by the weekend they will be away, too, and I wish them a safe journey, and hope to see them here again next spring.
In their place we will see the winter migrants, such as members of the thrush family - the redwing and fieldfare - they are arriving from the north, searching out all the hedgerow berries, which there is an abundance of.
I have taken my share of brambles and sloes, but there are lots more for the birds to enjoy, and to survive the winter.
Rosemary Roach
Published on 27th September 2007 in News.
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