Take a look at some vibrant pictures of autumn leaves in the region over the last seven days.
Sunlight shines behind the trees in this photo taken in DudleyIt does seem the cool and wet months we have had are leading to a longer display of leaves at this time of the year.
"We've had a really wet spring and we're probably going to end up with a compressed autumn... probably seeing many colours all at the same time." She said: "It's the green pigment of chlorophyll that will disappear when we get the frost, and underneath are all those colours that have been there all year round," Ms Smith explained.
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