Anybody who visits the New Forest will be familiar with the sight of thousands of ponies of all shapes and sizes grazing the area’s expansive lawns. During late spring this view changes, with a small…
The New Forest’s Higher Level Stewardship scheme has celebrated another successful year with an open afternoon and its annual general meeting. Held at Queens House in Lyndhurst, the event saw members of the public and…
Rare wading birds have been spotted in New Forest wetland habitat that was recently restored. The lapwing chicks were feeding at a stream near Stoney Cross, which was restored to its naturally shallow, winding state…
An environmental scheme to return a New Forest stream to its natural state was shortlisted in the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellence. Work is currently underway to return over two miles…
The New Forest HLS scheme is restoring miles of artificially straightened streams to their natural meanders. Here, monitoring officer Gemma tells you how we monitor these restorations. So far, the scheme has returned more than…
Spring has sprung, the Chelsea Flower Show is in full swing and gardeners up and down the country are heading back outside to tend their plots. In the New Forest, this surge in interest has…
The Forestry Commission’s team of experts will be starting work from 15 May on the next phase of wetland restoration at Wootton. This will involve returning over 2miles of artificially straightened Avon Water to its…
Restoration work at Wootton stream, near Burley, will restart on 15 May. Find out all you need to know about the restoration with these FAQs: Why are you restoring the natural course of the Avon…
Nick Wardlaw is the Contract Manager for the Higher Level Stewardship at the Forestry Commission. He oversees on-the-ground work to restore wetlands and other precious habitats across the New Forest. April is the time each…
A high-tech approach which identified over 3,000 historical sites in the New Forest has been judged the UK’s number one archaeological innovation of the last half century. Laser mapping technique ‘Lidar’ has been named as…