Autumn

kleefarr

Has Autumn come early this year?
It's not even the end of August and the leaves are falling!

WolfeIRE

Yes. Have mountain ash in my garden and leaves are already covering the lawn. The leaves started getting brown over a fortnight ago.

Birdnuts

Have noticed it too - Not surprising really though since there has been a few chilly nights recently with heavy dews and grass mins approaching 0C. The ironic thing is that early next week could be the warmest one of the year for parts of the country - particulary the West:)

lord lucan

Yep,leaves are falling and the Daddy Longlegs have started making an appearance.

Su Campu

Here's the Danish Met Institute's seasonal forecast for Sep-Nov, showing temperatures just slightly above normal for northern Europe






Source: DMI (Google translation)

Deep Easterly

Su Campu wrote: »

Here's the Danish Met Institute's seasonal forecast for Sep-Nov, showing temperatures just slightly above normal for northern Europe

Met.no's slightly less precise but wider resolution suggests the same; well I suppose it would do, since both charts are based on the same model.:o



My personal interpretation of that chart would be for frequent ridging to our variable north into Scandinavia with low pressure to the SW and south.
An easterly dominant Autumn coming up???????????

WolfeIRE

lord lucan wrote: »

Daddy Longlegs have started making an appearance.

i was going to mention it here but i thought against it.

They are absolutely everywhere. Dirty buggers.

lord lucan

WolfeIRE wrote: »

i was going to mention it here but i thought against it.

They are absolutely everywhere. Dirty buggers.

I hate them,stupid feckin' yokes flicking off the walls and the light! Normally it's a couple of weeks into September before i see them but the last week has seen them back with a vengance.

Su Campu

Interesting entry in Wikipedia regarding Daddy Long Legs, or Craneflies as they're called in some places.....and we northsiders even have our own zoological dialect! :pac:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_longlegs

Daddy longlegs (or Daddy Long Legs, Granddaddy longlegs, Daddy longleggers, etc.) may refer to:
Arthropods:

• Crane fly (Tipulidae) (in British and South African English), an insect
• Harvestman (Opiliones) (in North American English and British English), an arachnid, but not a spider
• Cellar spider (Pholcidae) (especially in Australian/New Zealand English, but also North American English and British English, and the north side of Dublin), a true spider
  • Especially applied to Pholcus phalangioides

WolfeIRE

Interesting article on the crane fly -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7963088.stm

i am surrounded by bogland which explains my probs.

nacho libre

kleefarr wrote: »

Has Autumn come early this year?
It's not even the end of August and the leaves are falling!

I hope so. Maybe then Winter can come early too:D

Pangea

Ive noticed a lot of ear wigs around the place in the past week or 2.

jambofc

my house borders a field with masses of bushes and shrubbery,they are all absolutely covered in berry's,never saw that amount before,my nana always said a lot of berry's early is a sign of a bad winter to follow,natures way of supplying all the birds with plenty to store for the months ahead......
my nana was always right :cool:

Redsunset

jambofc wrote: »

my house borders a field with masses of bushes and shrubbery,they are all absolutely covered in berry's,never saw that amount before,my nana always said a lot of berry's early is a sign of a bad winter to follow,natures way of supplying all the birds with plenty to store for the months ahead......
my nana was always right :cool:

Ditto
Yes loads of berries on the homeplace bushes and mother said the same.not a good sign she said."Nature providing for the animals.
I've seen this before and had a harsh winter".

thetonynator

jambofc wrote: »

my house borders a field with masses of bushes and shrubbery,they are all absolutely covered in berry's,never saw that amount before,my nana always said a lot of berry's early is a sign of a bad winter to follow,natures way of supplying all the birds with plenty to store for the months ahead......
my nana was always right :cool:

Same with plums and apples round here . . .