30 April 2013: The Beech Grove

29 April 2013: The South Meadow

28 April 2013: Cowslips

Primula veris, on the Little Tumulus Field

27 April 2013: The Ladies' Pond

26 April 2013: West Heath in Spring

25 April 2013: The Mixed Bathing Pond

24 April 2013: Forget-me-nots

These are now flowering near the Sports Ground.

23 April 2013: Golders Hill Park Orchard

21 April 2013: Gorse on Sandy Heath

This is one of the gorse sites on Hampstead Heath. Gorse is a heathland plant, growing on the sandy soil here.

20 April 2013: Springett's Wood

There's more and more green appearing everywhere.

16 April 2013: Spring Green

The trees are still bare, but the hawthorn shrubs are greening. These are at Parliament Hill.

15 April 2013: Blackthorn Blossoms

I think this is a blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), one of the first to flower on Hampstead Heath, at the bottom of Upper Cohen's Field.

14 April 2013: The Model Boating Pond

Looking towards the Model Boating Pond from the Tumulus Field.

Here is a similar view from the summer.

12 April 2013: The Ladies' Pond Meadow

Looking south towards the Tumulus Field and Model Boating Pond, and London's skyscrapers.

7 April 2013: The Second Hedge

6 April 2013: Woodland Path

At the Sports Ground.

5 April 2013: Parliament Hill Trees

2 April 2013: The Stock Pond

It was still very cold this morning, with some ice on the ponds.

1 April 2013: Willow Tree

Near the Mixed Bathing Pond.