SPOTTER’S GUIDE Autumn’s amber alerts
As the days draw in, October offers bursts of blazing colour to illuminate the gloom
HUNTER’S MOON In autumn, the time between sunset and moonrise is minimal, so when this giant orange orb looms into the sky it seems as though there’s a second sun.
DEWBOWS Get up early to see delicate rainbows on spiders’ webs – dewdrops turn the silks yellow, orange, purple and blue as they disperse light.
FUNGAL BLOOMS Damp, dark days conjure fungi, such as the liberty cap and red-and-white fly agaric, to carpet fields and woodland.