Late Autumn Colour in a West of Ireland Woodland

As autumn draws to a close and winter approaches, the trees of an Irish woodland show their true colours — what they’re truly made of. Here, a pocket of properly natural native deciduous forest reveals its seasonal tapestry at the end of autumn, anchored by a magnificent ash tree, mercifully unaffected for now by ash dieback, sitting proud with its broad crown casting protection over the whole corner of the wood.

It’s a beautiful, fleeting sight, and one that can only be caught like this in late autumn in the west of Ireland. From here, winter takes hold and the landscape turns greyer — with just a lingering touch of green — until spring returns to spark the riot of colour once again.