AUTUMN BLASTS IN WITH STRONG WINDS

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Autumn has blasted us with a very big storm, and brought some very warm temperatures with it.

Storm Callum dragged warm weather from Africa with its really strong winds, creating summer like conditions in parts of the country and delivering huge amounts of rain for others.

The garden got the warm weather, plenty of rain and some good sunny spells.

The wind has mainly been a southerly, so as the garden is situated in the lea of a large hill and is northerly facing, it meant it wasn’t too affected by the blowy conditions.

However, it didn’t escape from all the winds recently. As these two images show, westerly winds have taken down the vast majority of the leaves – meaning I had to get the big brush out to clear the patio and path.

The third image is of the same date as the second image, but in 2015.

The pond took plenty of leaves and water, so is filling up nicely; although it has meant clearing a lot of the leaves out of the water.

I hope the pond will be full in the next month, but it’s already seeing wildlife jump at the chance to move to a ‘new pond’; the first being pond skaters.

The garden birds have spent plenty of time away from the garden, with many not coming at all while the milder October weather was around.

Today they have come back, and it’s no coincidence that the temperatures have taken a big dip, with night temperatures predicted to be quite cold this week.