Ecology and Wildlife Monitoring
Our wildlife monitoring programmes form a key part of our conservation work on our green spaces. We support the City of London and English Heritage to deliver surveys on key species wildlife species across our open spaces.
Our volunteer wildlife monitors support our staff and conservation teams to collect ecological data that feeds into conservation management plans and enhances the long term understanding of the health of our green spaces. Our surveys feed in to the below reports, local recording schemes, national databases and directly to Hampstead Heath’s annual work programme.
Below, you can download reports on the different species we monitorgical monitoring programmes, as well as finding out more about the species we monitor.
If you would like to get involved in our wildlife monitoring projects, do check out our volunteer page or for trees and flora, check our nature’s calendar webpage.
Hampstead Heath Wildlife and Ecology reports
Click to access our butterfly monitoring report for the 2025 monitoring season on Hampstead Heath and Kenwood Estate, incorporating data from the City of London Corporation’s Conservation Team.
Download our most recent year’s reptile monitoring results (report for the 2025 season) for Hampstead Heath and at Kenwood, including a new Highgate transect on Hampstead Heath.
Download our first report on dragonfly and damselfly monitoring on Hampstead Heath for the 2023 to 2025 period.
Following earlier surveys conducted by the City of London Corporation we trialled a stag beetle survey on the Heath in 2025. You can access the report by clicking above.
We help deliver hedgehog surveys every few years in collaboration with CoLC and ZSL’s London Hogwatch. Read the most recent report of the survey, compiled by the Hogwatch team.
Read the 2020 Hampstead Heath nesting bird survey report from the survey carried out by the Heath and Hampstead Society.
Read about approaches to controlling Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) in this article by Alasdair Nichol from Hampstead Heath’s Tree Team.
Read about the value of standing dead wood (dead trees left in situ) in this article by David Humphries, Tree Management Officer at the City of London Corporation.
Videos to find out more
Want to find out more? Check out the following video talks hosted by the LNHS:
Wildlife Monitoring on Hampstead Heath by Rory Dimond of Heath Hands
Hedgehog monitoring by Dr Chris Carbone from London Hogwatch
Nesting bird survey by Professor Jeff Waage of Heath Hands and the Heath and Hampstead Society.
Ecology highlights from our blog
Find out about some species we monitor (and a few others!) in our recent ecology blogs.
