At this time of year, I often talk about the autumn harvest of hips, haws, nuts and berries, writes Erin McDaid of the ...

Many species of trees have “mast years”, when their seed/fruit production is extraordinarily high. And this year it looks to be chestnut oak, whose acorns are thick on the ground ...

But if you’ve noticed far more acorns on your forest floor than you’re used to, there may be a different cause – it seems ...