Autumn has been arriving slowly over the past few weeks but in Colinton Dell, by the
Water of Leith, today it was suddenly fully autumn with many of the paths carpeted with fallen leaves
the rosebay willowherb stunning in its autumnal hued foliage
and the late flowering ivy buzzing with wasps and hoverflies (a few of which you can see in the photo below if you click on it to enlarge it and look carefully!)
Here's an
Eristalis sp hoverfly, there were several of them around, though the wasps eat them! The hoverflies may well stay round until next month.
The sunshine on the ivy makes wonderful shadows (I'll share more of these for
Shadow Shot Sunday this weekend!)
The pictorial wildflower meadow in Spylaw Park still looks wonderful, though there weren't many insects feeding on the flowers today.
More obviously autumnal than those flowers are these puffball fungi
Autumn is a wonderful time for photography and Living Edinburgh has set up the Twitter hashtag #AutumnChangesEdinburgh for autumnal photos of the city and its greenspaces. There's a
competition too, so if you're on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook and spend time in Edinburgh, why not take part?
9 comments:
Nice.
It's getting colder and colder for the buzzers though, and you can see the wasps are getting sleepier. Luckily I don't have a nest in my attic this year.
I love that hoverfly photo and do indeed see one!
Lovely photos.
Amalia
xo
Wonderful colors
Wonderful fall post. I am watching the insects as long as it stays warm enough here... Michelle
Very pretty images.
I just love this time of year, always so much to see and enjoy.
Great post.
All the best Jan
Autumn is beautiful around your already beautiful city! I'm sure those puffballs must have magical powers! They look like something out of a child's storybook!
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