While we might be thinking of curling up and hibernating, our birds certainly won't have the same luxury and will be busier than ever.

They will enjoy the food we provide and scraps, peanuts, seeds and sunflower hearts will help their energy levels.

Although we have now said a final farewell to our summer visitors, their place in our gardens will be filled by winter visitors like bramblings, fieldfares and redwings.

Some of you will be lucky enough to see the little siskin all year round but many will only see them in winter too and very welcome they are.

They are delightful, brightly coloured birds – yellow, black and green – and are regulars at feeding stations, especially where there are peanuts.

Fieldfares and redwings, members of the thrush family, are more fond of berries and windfall fruit so don't rush to clear away bruised and damaged apples and pears. Blackbirds are also big fruit lovers so someone will snap them up.

If you're out and about some of the UK's most incredible wildlife spectacles also happen in autumn.

As well as the starlings that I mentioned last month still wowing us, you might be lucky enough to see lots of ducks, geese and swans.

Our native wildfowl will be joined by many winter migrants so might see whooper and bewick swans or brent and barnacle geese. If you don't see them you'll certainly hear them…

Enjoy the seasonal switch in garden birds and of course the end of the beautiful autumnal colours on our trees. And if you're really organised you might even get some of your Christmas shopping underway!

Kate