Autumn fun

I have lived next to a large area of ancient wetland, woods and heath for several years now and I walk there most days. Winter, spring, early summer and autumn are the times I like most, at least from a visual point of view. It all gets a bit dreary in high summer, not to mention the shoals of mosquitoes the size of B52s with venom to match and the air seems oxygen-depleted. At the other end of the spectrum, I like spring best (my birth season): it's all renewal and sap and buds which create that inimitable haze on the trees without obscuring their structure.

Autumn has its own considerable joys and even with its inescapable melancholy I find that after years of dreading it, I now actually quite look forward to it. These are a few of the photographs I have taken on my walks over the last four years.