Autumn
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Weatherwatch Often synchronised, oaks and beeches produce gluts of seeds or none at all, perhaps due to clever reproduction gambits
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Bureau’s seasonal climate outlook says warm autumn conditions likely to extend to winter with 50-50 likelihood of El Niño
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Country diary: Llanberis, Snowdonia In a clearing, a black-headed beast with horns as magnificent as any fairytale faun, is munching grass next to an old red-painted winding house
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Country diary: Gunnislake, Tamar Valley Barges that carried coal, corn, manure, granite, bricks and lime had to be hauled manually upstream against the current
September-phobic? Don’t be. It’s Britain’s most glorious month