Lee Knight
New Forest Keeper
‘The New Forest is such a unique part of wild Britain. You’ve got various different habitat types within the Forest; the rivers on the boundaries; the coastal area and the salt marshes. It is one of the most biodiverse places on the face of this planet.
‘It’s been referred to by some very famous naturalists as being the UK’s rainforest.
‘The New Forest is no exception in the fact that so many of our wild spaces in the United Kingdom now are under threat. Nature declines have been getting worse in the last century.
‘The vast majority of the work that the New Forest keeper delivers in modern times is conservation-based or wildlife-based. We also play quite an important role in the community. We’re seen as the local custodian for our patches that we look after, and it’s our duty to take care of it.’
