Tag: Wildlife
Rare wildlife in Landford receives a boost thanks to National Grid
By creo
Funding awarded to the New Forest National Park Authority and Wiltshire Wildlife Trust is helping to improve Landford Bog to help rare wildlife and provide better public access. The nature reserve – the size of 11 football pitches – is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is an internationally rare wet heath and bog. … Continued
World Wildlife Day: Top five rare flora and fauna found in the Forest
By creo
This World Wildlife Day, our ecologist Ian Barker shares his top five rare flora and fauna found in the Forest – from fairy shrimp to nail fungus. The New Forest National Park is a world capital for wildlife, with a range of species that are rare, uncommon or declining elsewhere in the UK and western … Continued
The watery tales of our streams and rivers – By Trudi Lloyd Williams
By creo
As the winter season approaches and autumn draws to a close, you begin to notice the Forest emptying with a decrease of visitors after a late summer flurry of staycations due to the pandemic’s foreign travel restrictions. The autumnal colours have developed slightly later with warmer weather and fewer frosts, yet with higher rainfall than … Continued