Autumn comes early?

There's a few spots out in the woods at my local reservoir that start looking like Autumn way too early.

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Same here. It has been so dry (officially in drought in our part of England) and apparently trees go brown and shed leaves early as a survival technique. They call it "false Autumn." The oak trees make zillions of acorns as a means to survive and perpetuate new trees because they fear they are dying. But it is very very odd to see such colours in only August, I totally agree.