With the amount of rain that's fallen this summer, are we in line for water colours rather than autumn colours this year?

No matter where you live, it's been pretty dismal and, with all that water sloshing around, Forestry Commission experts reckon this year's autumn colours might be a bit later, but that an early frost could change all that.

The only way you can be sure of catching this year's display is by watching the changing colours on the Forestry Commission's website http://www.forestry.gov.uk/autumn">www.forestry.gov.uk/autumn which went live last Friday, September 12.

From Gwydyr Forest on Snowdonia's eastern flank to Lower Wyncliffe Wood in the Wye Valley, Forestry Commission Wales foresters will be monitoring the colour changes and keeping everybody up to date on the best places to visit as nature's palette starts to change colour.

FC Wales Research Liaison Officer Chris Jones said, "The exceptionally wet summer has naturally occupied people's thoughts, but it's not all doom and gloom as far as autumn is concerned.

"Wales is a naturally beautiful country at any time of the year, but with the approach of autumn our woodlands and forests should soon begin to glow in a rich variety of reds, yellows, oranges and golds.

"The wet weather may have kept people indoors for much of the time over the summer, but hopefully this magical display created by nature will provide just the incentive for people to get back out into the countryside to get a close-up view of this wonderful spectacle."

In Wales, there are 17 woods featured on the Commission's autumn website. They include Bargain Wood, near Chepstow, and Lower Wyncliffe Wood, near Chepstow.