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Grey for danger, red for hope

22 Oct 2014: Country diary: Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: Red is love and luck in this landscape, where leaf colours fall together to become brown
Harvestman meets an eight-legged rival

21 Oct 2014: Country Diary: Stone’s Allotments, Havant, Hampshire: Sensing danger, the harvestman picks up pace, scaling the clods of earth in its path
The eerie sense of being watched

18 Oct 2014: Country Diary: Strathnairn, Highlands I saw the roe deer, just staring at me, motionless apart from the mouth that was still chewing away
Ivy bees share bankside bar as flowers turn to teacup fruits

16 Oct 2014: Country Diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire: The smallest insect was little longer than a rice grain
Poisonous lords and ladies, and the edible fruit of the chocolate vine

15 Oct 2014: Country Diary: Allendale, Northumberland: Garden plants are brimful of seed, while berries glow on arum stalks like sinister corn on the cob
A riotous assembly of dune flora

11 Oct 2014: Country Diary: Harlech The great dune system that stretches for four miles with the hills of Eryri as exquisite backdrop is a prime place to botanize
Shield bugs: nature's heraldic knights

9 Oct 2014: Country diary: Keelman's Way, Wylam, Northumberland Stiff-legged denizens of the wood greet autumn's arrival
It's time to face facts: autumn is better than summer

8 Oct 2014: Oliver Burkeman: With apologies to the sun, cold weather keeps you thin, makes you a better friend and helps you live longer. Winter may be coming, but autumn is already winning
Signs of autumn: share your photos and videos

7 Oct 2014: Leaves are starting to turn in the northern hemisphere and we’d like to see how spectacular the colours are where you are. Share your photos and videos via GuardianWitness
50 years ago: Morning mists reveal numerous spiders' webs

5 Oct 2014: Originally published in the Guardian on 9 October 1964: I have met with one closely populated cloud of gossamer spiders floating in the soft airs of early morning
Gardens: the October checklist

5 Oct 2014: Spectacular rainstorms and chill winds signalled the start of autumn. Here’s what to do this month from Dan Pearson
Season of mellow fruitfulness

4 Oct 2014: Country diary: South Uist I have soon picked enough for my needs and there are enough left for anyone else who may discover this patch and for the birds too
Partridge delight

2 Oct 2014:
Country Diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire: At the explosion of birds lifting off, I felt the pulse that a shooter must feel
Young hedgehog bristles with delight over pigeon head supper

1 Oct 2014: Country Diary: Wenlock Edge The hedgehog was feeding up for winter under the woodpile
Acorns in short supply, say Forestry Commission and naturalists

25 Sep 2014: In 2013, English oak tree branches bowed under the weight of nuts, but there are hardly any acorns this year