Signs of autumn - nuts and berries

Autumn is coming, not just because our calendar says September or I've started back at school but my local patch is full of nuts and berries.
There are plenty of other signs as well, including the Tawny owl shouting at everyone who will listen, from our garage roof in the evenings this week, that this is it's territory.
(Except last night when I put the trail camera out!)
The starlings are chattering on the pylon, the pigeons are in the fields in big groups and the small birds are flying around in groups of up to 40 of them.
As the days are getting shorter the badgers are becoming more predictable and I've managed to watch them a couple of times this week.
I have noticed more fungi popping up and hidden well, deep in the woods is the Meadow saffron which is just starting to flower.

Black berries

Hawthorn berries

Acorns

Sloe berries

Crab apples

Hazel nuts

Elderberries

Meadow saffron

A quick walk around the field and flying ants

After tea this evening we went on a quick walk around the field. I am always amazed at how much wildlife can be seen.

The local farmer has spent the last couple of days cutting the wheat field and this evening 3 hares were out in the open.

In the hedgerow the birds hopped around before they settled down for the night and two deers stalked along the edge of the woods.

At the moment the most we see of the badgers is a rustle in the grass or a glimpse of dark grey running across an open patch.

The blackberries and elderberries are ripening, we ate a handful of blackberries on the way home.

Back in our garden the whole of the area around our bug hotel is moving with ants. The flying ants come out of the ground, climb to a high spot and take off in to the air.
When I tried to look up information on flying ants all I could find was articles about how to get rid of them, which I don't want to. They are only around for a few hours then all that is left is a pile of fine soil.