Walking round the bottom of the men’s swimming pond two days ago I saw the pair of swans who are normally to be found on the boating pond setting out purposefully from the bank. But only seconds later they changed their minds and headed equally purposefully back towards me. They were obviously ambivalent about where …
swans on Hampstead Heath
Yellow for cheer – and sorting out the swans
A cold, wet, grey afternoon did little to lift lockdown gloom so I was very happy to have taken this picture two days ago. Only speckles of yellow for now but when spring arrives this whole bush will be washed in sunshine! To be fair to the rain, it did give a polished sheen to …
New Year’s Day – and a swan onrush……..
The sun was shining brightly on New Year’s Day when I ventured down to the Lido near Parliament Hill to meet a friend for a walk. ‘Parliament Hill Fields Lido was opened on 20 August 1938. At a cost of £34,000, it was the most ambitious and expensive of the thirteen lidos built on parkland …
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 …
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 …
Swan love
The most delightful story in yesterday’s Times about true love on the Highgate Ponds – with many thanks to one of our readers.