20 May 2017: The Model Boating Pond

The new island at the Model Boating Pond, created as part of the Hampstead Heath ponds project.

22 December 2013: Pryors Field

20 December 2013: Plane Tree

22 November 2013: Beech Tree on Lower Cohen's Field

This beech on Lower Cohen's Field is showing all its glorious autumn colours.

14 November 2013: Oak Tree

10 November 2013: Tree Canopies

From the top: Beeches at the Beech Grove; Birches at Kenwood Corner; Beeches at the top of the Hockey Field; Oaks at Two Tree Hill, Sandy Heath; Limes at Sandy Lane, West Heath

3 November 2013: Plane Trees

These two trees are on Parliament Hill, on the way down to Highgate Ponds.

30 October 2013: Two Tree Hill

These two oaks on Sandy Heath are older than the woodland that surrounds them. When this part of Hampstead Heath was dug up for sand in the 19th century, it was to difficult to remove them, and so they were preserved. They now stand on a little hill, and you can also still see how their roots were exposed during the sand digging.

The two trees can be seen in this old picture on the London Geodiversity Partnership website.

28 October 2013: After the Storm

A few trees by Hampstead Ponds came down in the strong wind this morning.

27 October 2013: Red Oak Tree

25 October 2013: Trees near the Hockey Field

A similar view of the same place, a couple of weeks earlier in 2011.

20 October 2013: Maple Tree

This colourful tree is at the Sports Ground; the two paths that can be seen are the Lime Avenue and the road to the Viaduct.

20 September 2013: Hawthorn Tree

This berry-laden hawthorn grows next to the Viaduct.

4 September 2013: Silver Maple

I believe this tree, which is at the top of the Tumulus Field, is a silver maple; it's one of the first to start changing colour.

10 August 2013: Rowan Trees on the South Meadow

10 July 2013: Little Tumulus Field

7 July 2013: Parliament Hill Trees

15 June 2013: Tree and Bench

On the Little Tumulus Field.

24 May 2013: Apple Tree on Pryors Field

16 May 2013: The Lime Avenue