This autumn, listeners to BBC Radio York's Adam Tomlinson show were invited to send in their photos of this year's glorious autumn colours.

Here's a gallery of the winners and some of the ones that came close to winning.

A warm dry spring and long hot summer helped autumn 2003 cloak itself in some of the richest colours we've seen for years.

To prove it, here are some of the photos sent to Adam Tomlinson and Nigel Harrison for their Autumn Colours competition.

Nature's swan-song
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