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. Such was its striking colour that I stopped for a second look, but that was enough to draw attention to myself and it was gone. I'm well used to seeing brown rats in London parks; although it's still quite unnerving to be sitting having a picnic on the grass

.Down on the Rye everything is starting to look very autumnal and the leaves are building up into treacherously slippery mounds. The trees still hold some secrets though. In 1767, a 9- or 10-year-old William Blake saw an oak tree full of angels here. The angel oak

isn't very old, it's not more than 20cm in diameter at the base, but the bark is rough and gnarled enough to provide the odd nook and cranny for overwintering ladybirds.Surprisingly, these are not the recent alien invader Harmonia axyridis