The contrasts can be shocking. While gold and burnishings get the headlines it's the greens, where they still cling on, that startle most. One beech may have gone over completely to its luminous autumn character while nearby another beech is still vivid green.
It's similar with the ferns. Many on the woodland floor remain green over the fallen bronzed leaves. Bracken, though, is now at its most seductive, doing for autumn what heather does for August.
Alder catkins are another exotic wonder. Who would have said that powdery pink is a characteristic of the end of October? This and the ballerina waxcap make that claim.
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