I am not sure what this glorious yellow tree is, but isn’t it wonderful. Leaning down the slope onto the Kenwood Lawns. Looking up that slope to the beech avenue and the upper lawns, there is a fine leaf carpet. And just turn slightly to your left and there are Henry Moor’s Seated figures gazing …
Hampstead Heath
Flaming autumn
What an amazing tree. I think it must be a maple but I have never seen a tree turn from dark green to golden red branch by branch like this. Here is one of the redder branches…. and here a delicate pale yellow and pink. This multi coloured tree was down by the lake at …
Reappearance of the swan family – and a long walk
I have had numerous sightings of a pair of swans on the boating pond recently – on this occasion being investigated by a curious if slightly foolhardy moorhen. However, I had not seen sight nor sound of the swan family and was seriously wondering whether the cygnets had all been whisked off a good deal …
Autumn is here
The leaves may not yet be falling yet but there is a very autumnal feel about the heath – especially after a heavy shower when there is not a soul to be seen anywhere. Most unusual. I don’t know whether this is a particularly fecund year for oak trees, but I have never seen, felt …
Late summer birdsong
It has been such a miserable soggy few days that I thought a gentle wander through the woods with some late summer bird song might just raise the spirits.
WildWooders blackberry jam
This is the somewhat sad playground on the Hampstead Heath Extension, sparsely populated both with equipment and with children. No fun at all for the kids who live on either side of the Extension – like Olivia. So Olivia decided that she was going to do something about it. Like pick the blackberries that grew …