In November, autumn gradually becomes winter. Long nights and colder conditions return and those changes bring different experiences. With strong winds, most trees will be bare, but on a woodland walk you can still find colour and brightness through fallen leaves, fungi, acorns and chestnuts. It can be easier to spot lichens, too. Garden birdfeeders will get busier, perhaps with some new visitors, such as redpolls, bramblings or siskins. Blackbirds and song thrushes will be hopping about searching for worms and fallen berries. In the field, corvids, such as rooks and jackdaws, will gather. By the coast,