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• How ponds are helping rare species thrive in New Forest freshwater

  29 APRIL 2025 How ponds are helping rare species thrive in New Forest freshwater

  New ponds are being created and old ponds restored to improve the quality of freshwater habitats in and around the New Forest National Park. Freshwater Habitats Trust’s work on private...

• Youth for Climate and Nature scheme marks successful ‘Midway Moment’

  8 APRIL 2025 Youth for Climate and Nature scheme marks successful ‘Midway Moment’

  The Youth for Climate and Nature (YouCAN) scheme has reached its halfway stage. Here is a collection of some of the successes so far, you may have seen some of...

• ‘Theatre is the perfect platform’: How young voices shaped new play on climate and nature emergencies

  3 APRIL 2025 ‘Theatre is the perfect platform’: How young voices shaped new play on climate and nature emergencies

  It’s taken a cast of people to bring Theatre for Life’s New Forest folklore-based play, Bringing the Outside In, to the stage in a performance that will shine a spotlight...

• April wildlife highlights

  3 APRIL 2025 April wildlife highlights

  April is a busy month for birds in the New Forest. There are arrivals and departures a plenty as some migrate from Africa and Southern Europe to the UK to...

• Sand lizard and adder among New Forest reptiles benefitting from restoration work

  2 APRIL 2025 Sand lizard and adder among New Forest reptiles benefitting from restoration work

  Three of the most threatened reptile species are set to receive a huge boost to their recovery rate in the New Forest. Sand lizard, smooth snake and adder are particularly...

• ’I just feel alive’: How the YouCAN scheme helped Charlie find his passion for working outside

  24 MARCH 2025 ’I just feel alive’: How the YouCAN scheme helped Charlie find his passion for working outside

  Meet Charlie, an intern at the Countryside Education Trust who, thanks to our Youth for Climate and Nature (YouCAN) scheme, has found his passion for working in the outdoors. On...

• March wildlife highlights

  5 MARCH 2025 March wildlife highlights

  Spring officially arrives with the equinox on the 20th March, when daytime and nighttime are of equal length. New life is visible everywhere in the New Forest, as a long...

• 20th anniversary timeline

  1 MARCH 2025 20th anniversary timeline

  Find out about key moments and milestones across 20 years of the New Forest National Park in our timeline. 2005 Alun Michael MP signs the order to create the New...

• The New Forest National Park marks its 20th anniversary

  1 MARCH 2025 The New Forest National Park marks its 20th anniversary

  The creation of the National Park The New Forest National Park was designated on 1 March 2005 – the first English national park to be created in the 21st century...

• February’s wildlife highlights

  6 FEBRUARY 2025 February’s wildlife highlights

  In February there are some days when spring seems to be just around the corner, and others when winter keeps a tight grip, still there's plenty of wildlife to see...