30 September 2011: Gate to the West Meadow

This is the gate through which you get from the Pasture Ground at Kenwood to the West Meadow.

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29 September 2011: The Viaduct Pond

Early autumn colours reflecting on the Viaduct Pond.

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28 September 2011: Misty Morning Sunshine

A misty view of the Model Boating Pond seen from the Tumulus Field, just after sunrise.

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27 September 2011: Trees on the Little Tumulus Field

A misty, autumnal morning. This is the group of conifers on the Little Tumulus Field, from where–on clearer days–you have a nice view of Highgate.

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26 September 2011: Michaelmas Daisies

These Michaelmas daisies are growing on Pryors Field.

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25 September 2011: Path on the Tumulus Field

Looking from the bottom of the field towards the Tumulus.

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24 September 2011: Iron Pan Ponds

The Iron Pan Ponds are small ponds on Sandy Heath, which are not fed by springs, but by rainwater. They exist on this part of the Heath because of an indurated sandstone layer known as iron pan, from which they take their name.

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23 September 2011: The Sphagnum Bog

This site on the West Meadow is home to a rare wetland moss, sphagnum.

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22 September 2011: Little Tumulus Field

This is one of the Parliament Hill Fields, the smaller one that is lying between Parliament Hill and the Tumulus Field. (Here is a similar view from the same spot, in October 2010.)

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21 September 2011: Cohen's Fields

Looking across the upper Cohen's Field from the top of Millfield Lane, to Athlone House, which is hiding behind the autumnal looking chestnut trees.

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20 September 2011: Sweet Chestnuts

The fruit of Castanea sativa, on an old tree near the Kenwood Pagoda.

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19 September 2011: The West Meadow

Looking west...

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18 September 2011: At Sunset

A Hampstead Heath sunset.

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17 September 2011: A Rainbow Seen From Parliament Hill

A double rainbow at sunset, over Highgate... and here is the other end, over the City of London.

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16 September 2011: Pryors Field

Pryors Field takes its name from the Pryor family, who had a house here on the Lower Heath. Two apartment buildings called The Pryors stand on its site now, one of which can be seen in this picture.

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15 September 2011: The Pergola

The Pergola in West Heath, looking noticeably autumnal in the morning light.

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14 September 2011: The Model Boating Pond

An early morning view of the Model Boating Pond, with the Tumulus Field in the background.

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13 September 2011: The Walled Garden at Kenwood House

The Walled Garden once was the kitchen garden of Kenwood House (it's still called the Kitchen Garden as well). Today it's a flower garden, currently showing a colourful display of late-summer flowering plants.

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12 September 2011: The Tumulus Field

A windy day on Hampstead Heath.

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11 September 2011: Tormentil

Tormentil is a herbaceous perennial which can be found on the acid grassland of Hampstead Heath.
Here it is growing on the slope leading down to the stream between the Vale of Health Playground and the Viaduct Pond.

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10 September 2011: Kite Hill

Flying kites on Parliament Hill.

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9 September 2011: The Viaduct

The Viaduct and hawthorn berries.

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8 September 2011: Rose Hips

These scarlet hips are the fruit of dog roses that grow in the hedges around Parliament Hill Fields.

7 September 2011: Gorse at the Vale of Health Pond

Gorse, or furze, is a heathland plant that once was widespread on Hampstead Heath.
Some gorse is almost always in flower. These shrubs are flowering at the Vale of Health Pond.

6 September 2011: Sloes

Blackthorns can be found in several locations on the Heath, there are many in the hedges around Parliament Hill Fields. These sloes grow in a bush near the Mixed Bathing Pond, next to the path that leads to Parliament Hill.

5 September 2011: The Lime Avenue

The Lime Avenue, lit in the morning sun.

4 September 2011: London Seen From Cohen's Fields

After the rain, the clouds parted and the sun came out to shine on London. This is the skyline seen from one of the viewpoints on Hampstead Heath, the upper part of Cohen's Fields, near the Kenwood Pagoda.

3 September 2011: Heather Above the Vale of Health

Above the Vale of Health, near the Spaniards Road, the heather is flowering, adding some late summer colour to Hampstead Heath.

2 September 2011: The Mixed Bathing Pond

A nice day for a swim.

1 September 2011: Heather and Gorse

There's a patch of heather, gorse and brambles on West Heath, near the Inverforth Close entrance to the Hill Garden. The heather and gorse are in bloom.