Clocks go back on Sunday (29 October 2017), signifying the end of British Summer Time. Winter is coming, but the trees are putting on one last brilliant display of colour before they lose their leaves. As the days become shorter in autumn, trees begin to shut down, reducing the amount of chlorophyll in their leaves. This allows other chemicals, such as flavonoids, carotenoids and anthocyanins, to become more prominent, turning leaves yellow, orange and red.
IBTimes UK presents photos of autumn leaves, harvest pumpkins and rutting deer in the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness in the northern hemisphere.
12 October 2017: Hikers enjoy a warm autumn day near the Lac Bleu near Arolla in the Val d'Herens, SwitzerlandDenis Balibouse/Reuters15 October 2017: The sun rises over vineyards near the village of Wolxheim, eastern FrancePatrick Hertzog/AFP22 October 2017: A deer silhouetted at sunset bellows near the village of Gorodilovichi, north of Minsk, BelarusSergei Gapon/AFP4 October 2017: Autumn leaves dot a stream in La Tine de Conflens, La Sarraz, SwitzerlandDenis Balibouse/Reuters23 October 2017: A woman walks through fallen leaves in a park near Pristina, KosovoArmend Nimani/AFP23 October 2017: A man walks through a park covered in fallen yellow leaves, near Pristina, KosovoArmend Nimani/AFP18 October 2017: Autumnal trees are pictured at Humlegaarden park in Stockholm, SwedenJonathan Nackstrand/AFP18 October 2017: A maintenance worker clears up autumnal leaves at Djurgaaredn park in Stockholm, SwedenJonathan Nackstrand/AFP16 October 2016: An oak leaf is silhouetted against the autumn sun in Le Gavre, western FranceLoic Venance/AFP25 October 2017: Autumn colours are seen in a forest outside Tbilisi, GeorgiaDavid Mdzinarishvili/Reuters25 October 2017: Autumn colours are seen in a forest outside Tbilisi, GeorgiaDavid Mdzinarishvili/Reuters17 October 2017: Autumn colours are seen in the early morning sunshine as a woman walks her dog at Stourhead gardens in Wiltshire, EnglandToby Melville/Reuters6 October 2017: A stag walks early in the morning during the rutting season in Richmond Park in LondonToby Melville/Reuters6 October 2017: A stag bellows early in the morning during the rutting season in Richmond Park in LondonToby Melville/Reuters18 October 2017: Vineyards are pictured at sunrise in the Alsatian village of Nordheim, northeastern FrancePatrick Hertzog/AFP12 October 2017: A person walks through morning mist across the Parc de la Tete d'Or in Lyon, franceJeff Pachoud/AFP16 October 2017: A vine leaf begins to change colour in Nordheim, eastern FrancePatrick Hertzog/AFP14 October 2017: A woman holding an umbrella walks on fallen yellow leaves in a Moscow suburbKirill Kudryavtsev/AFP16 October 2017: A man relaxes among autumnal trees in St James's Park in LondonCarl Court/Getty Images17 October 2017: A woman walks with a baby at a park in Czarskoe Selo, the former summer residence of the Czars, on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg, RussiaOlga Maltseva/AFP20 October 2017: Two mothers push prams on a foggy autumn day in a park in Prague, Czech RepublicMichal Cizek/AFP30 September 2017: Autumn leaves surround a bench in Kennington Park, south LondonDavid Sim30 September 2017: The morning sun shines through bright red Virginia creeper leaves in Kennington, south LondonDavid Sim4 October 2017: Pumpkins are pictured in a field on an autumn morning in Oulens-sous-Echallens, SwitzerlandDenis Balibouse/Reuters7 October 2017: A boy walks on a snow-covered path under autumn coloured leaves in the western Austrian village of GnadenwaldDominic Ebenbichler/Reuters11 October 2017: Autumn coloured leaves are pictured in the western Austrian village of GnadenwaldDominic Ebenbichler/Reuters13 October 2017: A man cycles on a warm autumn day in a park in Zenica, Bosnia and HerzegovinaDado Ruvic/Reuters17 October 2017: High-tension electricity pylons are surrounded by autumn mist in the early morning light outside Breuschwickersheim, near Strasbourg, FranceChristian Hartmann/Reuters17 October 2017: Leaves frame the steeple of a church as autumn weather arrives in Orvault, FranceStephane Mahe/Reuters10 October 2017: A duck swims in a pond covered with fallen leaves on an autumn day in Neskuchny Garden in Moscow, RussiaSergei Karpukhin/Reuters10 October 2017: A man walks on a sunny autumn day in a forest outside Almaty, KazakhstanShamil Zhumatov/Reuters8 September 2017: A woman photographs the Tu-Hwnt-I'r Bont 15th century tea rooms in Llanrwst, north WalesAndrew Yates/Reuters22 September 2017: Aspen trees turned gold are seen during the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere near Nederland, Colorado, USARick Wilking/Reuters17 October 2017: The sun sets behind a tree on a mild autumn evening in the vineyard of Osthoffen, near the Vosges mountains, outside Strasbourg, FranceChristian Hartmann/Reuters
