THE leaves are beginning to turn and the nights are growing cooler across Worcestershire.

Autumn has arrived and the barbecue season draws to a close once again in what was another unremarkable British summer.

The trees along Hylton Road in Worcester are beginning to show the first touches of the season, and leaves are starting to drop.

Elsewhere across the county, Hartlebury Common’s heathland is turning from green to brown. However, British Summer Time does not officially draw to a close until the last Sunday in October, this year October 25, so readers can still officially indulge in what’s left of the summer if the mood takes them – weather allowing. Nick Toogood took these atmospheric pictures of fungi and leaves on Hartlebury Common.