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• Work experience in the New Forest

  10 JANUARY 2024 Work experience in the New Forest

  Introduction Hi, my name is Bryn Mitchell. I have spent the last three days fulfilling my work experience with the New Forest National Park Authority (NPA) communications team, I have...

• Photography work experience with the NPA

  14 DECEMBER 2023 Photography work experience with the NPA

  Marcus Langelier My name is Marcus, and I have had three days of work experience at the NPA. During my placement here I have really enjoyed my time. I got...

• Artist in residence: Alex Julyan

  22 NOVEMBER 2023 Artist in residence: Alex Julyan

  An update from the current New Forest National Park Artist in Residence, Alex Julyan.  Alex stayed in the Forest throughout October and will exhibit at SpudWORKS in May 2024. She...

• Welcoming winter birdlife

  11 OCTOBER 2023 Welcoming winter birdlife

    By Bird Aware Solent Throughout the autumn and winter, the New Forest coastline hosts an extraordinary array of migratory wading birds, ducks and geese. Some will have travelled all...

• Work Experience with the New Forest NPA

  14 SEPTEMBER 2023 Work Experience with the New Forest NPA

  Hi, my name is Matthew Oliver Welch and I have just completed work experience at the New Forest National Park Authority.  During my work placement I have learnt more about...

• Ash dieback

  17 MAY 2023 Ash dieback

  You may have heard of a disease called ash dieback – otherwise called chalara – which is affecting some woodlands in the UK. This disease, caused by a fungus, blocks...

• New Forest National Park Intern: My Time at The New Forest National Park Authority So Far

  15 MAY 2023 New Forest National Park Intern: My Time at The New Forest National Park Authority So Far

  Hi, I’m Josh and I’m the first National Park Intern at the New Forest NPA. I’ve always loved nature, ever since I was a kid. We would spend hours walking...

• Artist in residence: Melanie Rose

  19 APRIL 2023 Artist in residence: Melanie Rose

  The New Forest National Park Authority and SPUD now welcome their third Artist in Residence, Melanie Rose.  Melanie focuses on exploring landscape and place through painting; the tracks, traces, paths,...

• The value of natural capital to health and wellbeing

  16 MARCH 2023 The value of natural capital to health and wellbeing

  By Dr James Alden I am James, a paediatrician (children, not feet), by training and have been working for the New Forest National Park in the role of Public Health...

• Walking in the New Forest with your dog

  13 FEBRUARY 2023 Walking in the New Forest with your dog

  Living in, or within easy reach, of the New Forest is such a privilege. There are few places in England where we can walk, cycle or ride through such diverse,...