A late afternoon walk across Kenwood and I caught the sun just as it was going down – first over Kenwood’s West Meadow and then from the top of Henry Moore’s reclining figure’s slope. Although the trees look good in the evening sun, the autumn colour is not that great – certainly not compared to …
Egyptian geese on Hampstead Heath
The Secret Garden’s secret revealed
Long term followers may remember that way back at the beginning of the first lockdown, when I had just moved to Highgate and started this blog, I discovered a ‘secret garden’ on my way down to the heath – but could not find out any more about it. Well now, over a year later, all …
Bird life around the heath
Our swan family are down to just two cygnets – or they were two weeks ago when our swan-watcher caught them having lunch down by South End Green. As you can see the two remaining cygnets are now almost entirely clad in white feathers which presumably means that they are now fully adult and will …