SOME uncommon migrant birds have been blown into Britain from the East. There have been many yellow-browed warblers from Siberia, which are like willow warblers with a creamy-yellow eyestripe, and also a number of red-breasted flycatchers from Eastern Europe, which are small brown birds, some of them with pink chins. Unlike other flycatchers, they do not dart out from a perch to catch insects, but flit through the leaves hovering and pouncing on their prey. British bullfinches, which never move far from home, are coming into birch trees to feed on the seeds and into bramble bushes to peck at the blackberries.
There are brown and yellow patches on the horse-chestnut trees, and the first conkers are crashing to the ground. Shiny yellow leaves are