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Story summary
- Forestry England launches Autumn Leaf Watch, a colour-tracker app for volunteers to monitor UK forest leaf colours.
- Early data show mostly green canopies, with yellow-orange leaves at Wyre, Haughmond and Delamere forests.
- The 2026 extreme heat and dry summer prompted early leaf loss.
- Forest management adviser Chris Sorenson called the early shedding especially interesting.
- Collected observations will form a regional picture of autumn timing for future years.