The rest of the year will be slush and muck."
The first week has been a lot milder than expected. Sunny with a nip in the air with no bad frost yet. The amazing autumn colour continues.
The crows and magpies are very noisey at the moment and the gang of sparrows are fighting all the time. More sparrows kill other sparrows than anything else. By the river the himalayan balsam has been cut down and the rubbish has been cleaned up. No sightings of the kingfisher sadly.
The second week has been windy and cold the leaves are mostly gone. Visitors to the garden include starlings, magpies, blue and great tits, collared doves, pigeons, sparrows and a robin.
16th We visit the New Forest. The colours have faded to a general russet brown with braken covering the floor.
The Fallow Deer were in the clearing looking peaceful together as the rutt is over. The stags still look magestic.
Lots of variation in colours some are chestnut brown other blacker while others are quite pale. The does can have offspring in her second year and will have a foal every year for up to 10 years.
