Signs of autumn

Noticed the first leaf-tinting, to yellow, on the silver birch that grows near the house this morning.

Back in May (23rd) we had an enormous storm here. Trees were blown down and there were power cuts. But the most noticeable effect on the trees was that the salt-laden water and ferocious winds killed the young leaves on all the south-west facing sides of the trees that were on the exposed coasts around here, so it looks like autumn already in some places.