The autumn is moving very quickly towards winter. Those leaves which are still left are changing to their brilliant autumn hues but many have already been shed, leaving just bare branches.
Our winter wet season has started, it has rained every day this week, which is good because we need it.
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Those leaves which do change colour are starting to take on their autumnal hues. The light has changed as well as the sun is lower in the sky.
The Red Admiral butterfly is one of our endemic species, but here it flies all year round. On sunny days in January they can be found flying and feeding on Ivy, just as they are at the moment.
This week I have been trying to identify an unknown shrubby tree and came across these beautiful Sternbergia.
Everywhere you look now, the colours of autumn are beginning to appear
Autumn is upon us. It is a time of year when there are often really nice sunsets.
I have planted a large number of plants which attract butterflies and other insects. Here a Large Brown Fritillary is feeding on a Lantana camara.
Passion flowers catch the first sunbeams of the day. They will only stay open for 6 to 8 hours though.