Dogs playing in the ponds on Hampstead Heath have led to harmful levels of pesticides in the water for some wildlife, a study has found. Flea and tick treatments which contain pesticides that are ...

Most dog owners didn't know that flea and tick treatments are dangerous to aquatic life, suggesting more awareness could ease the problem. A study on Hampstead Heath shows that ponds where dogs ...

A dog owner is appealing for witnesses after her dachshund Monty was "viciously attacked" by a Labrador on Hampstead Heath.

The study, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, confirms that dog swimming activity is linked to concerningly high levels of these pesticides in Hampstead Heath’s ponds, with ...

Over the last 100 years, the ponds of Hampstead Heath have come to gain something akin to mythical status. On London’s hottest days, fair weather swimmers come from far and wide to queue ...

All winter, we’ve been dreaming about lazing on the banks of the Hampstead Heath bathing ponds, sipping a warm lager, before gently nodding off to sleep to the sounds of quacking ducks ...

Hold onto your swimming caps – a dip in the Hampstead Heath Swimming Ponds is about to get a little more spenny. That’s right, fees for the men’s pond, ladies pond and mixed pond are all set ...

Most dog owners didn’t know that flea and tick treatments are dangerous to aquatic life, suggesting more awareness could ease the problem. A study on Hampstead Heath shows that ponds where dogs ...

A study on Hampstead Heath shows that ponds where dogs are allowed to swim contain levels of two pesticides harmful to invertebrate life. These pesticides, imidacloprid and fipronil, are used as ...