Walking along the Capital ring path in the path, one comes across a collection of flowering bushes with spectacular pink and orange fruits and red leaves.
My iNaturalist phone app identifies these as Spindle, or Euonymus europaeus. To quote Gardeners World, it is a native shrub or small tree that goes largely unnoticed for most of the year, but then more than makes up for it in autumn, when its leaves and fruits take centre stage. The foliage turns bright shades of red, which are complemented by pink fruits that split open to reveal orange seeds (known as arils).
I agree with that, it has gone unnoticed (by me at least) for most of the year! But now you cannot walk past it without noticing the wonderful colours along this section of the Capital Ring. I do wonder how it got there; it does not look in the least “planted”, but there are about 4-5 separate plants, so perhaps it was brought there by humans rather than birds?
We will keep a look out for other signs of autumn!