Heath Hands Blog
Find out more about our work on Hampstead Heath, the latest community news and exciting reports on the natural wonders on our green spaces from our staff and volunteers.
Sensational Stag Beetles
Stag beetles start to emerge at this time of year, so here’s an introduction to these fascinating insects.
Snakes alive
Our ecological monitoring programmes are restarting this month, so Rory introduces one of the key species we monitor: Hampstead Heath’s grass snakes.
The life and times of mining bees
Our resident expert Rory tells us about the fascinating mining bees you might see on Hampstead Heath in the spring
Subterranean Spiders
The Nationally Scarce Purse web spider is one of Hampstead Heath's special species.
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