The New Forest boasts an impressive array of uncommon and special butterfly species. Being...
Natural beauty
The landscape of the New Forest National Park is beautiful, rare and fragile.
Natural Beauty
Rather than just forest, as its name would suggest, the New Forest is a patchwork of ancient and ornamental woodland, open heathland, rivers and valley mires and a coastline of mudflats and saltmarshes. It contains the largest area of lowland heath in southern England, a rare habitat that once covered this part of the country. But the New Forest is not a natural landscape, it has been shaped by man, by history and by the grazing of animals for many hundreds of years.Ancient trees
Ancient trees
Around 1,000 ancient trees have been recorded in...
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In October, nature treats us to vibrant autumn displays in the National Park, with firey foliage and fascinating fungi stealing...
October’s wildlife highlightsView News
October’s wildlife highlights
In October, nature treats us to vibrant autumn displays in the National Park, with firey foliage and fascinating fungi stealing...
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