The New Forest boasts an impressive array of uncommon and special butterfly species. Being...
Wildlife
The National Park is teeming with a huge range of birds, deer, dragonflies, reptiles and much more.
A world capital for wildlife
The New Forest is rich in wildlife thanks to the wonderful mosaic of wet and dry heaths, mires and bogs, ancient pasture woodland, coniferous plantations, acid grasslands, mixed farmland and coastline. This combination of natural environments is hard to find anywhere else in western Europe. These pages help you discover some of the area’s most unusual, interesting or easy-to-spot wildlife.Dragonflies and damselflies
Dragonflies and damselflies
With clean streams, more wet bogs than anywhere...
Heathland birds
Heathland birds
With some of the largest areas of heath...
Wading birds
Wading birds
The New Forest is very important for wading...
Discover the Forest's wildlife
The National Park is teeming with a huge range of birds, deer, dragonflies, reptiles and much more.
Gillie
Molland
Lead Ranger
'To help ground nesting birds rear their young safely, keep yourself, dogs and ridden horses on the main tracks from the beginning of March to the end of August.'
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