The Gallery
Learning about and practising commoning on the New Forest.
In medieval times a forest meant an area preserved for royal hunting, and not a wooded area as it does today.
The Agisiter ensures welfare standards of the free-roaming animals are maintained.
The ‘architects’ of the New Forest.
The New Forest landscape supports many species of plants, insects, birds and mammals. It should be valued as a reserve for nature.
One of many gatherings where Commoners can exchange news, information and knowledge.
Pannage season is part of the ancient commoning rights and a popular tradition.
Traditional management practices, particularly commoning, have conserved the ecological diversity of the Forest.
Tag Archives: folklore
New Forest: practical gift for herding cattle
Commoners are practical people. Indeed, one of the most useful gifts I’ve ever been given is a commoner’s staff. I take it with me everywhere, because I never know when I’ll need it. The best ones are made from wood, … Continue reading
New Forest: the first cuckoo of spring
(Posted 27 April 2015). Those people, who like me, rise early in the morning cannot have missed over the past few weeks the melodious symphony of the dawn chorus. The sound of bird song is much more noticeable from March … Continue reading
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Tagged breeding season, cuckold, cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, Dawn chorus, Downton Cuckoo Fair, Edmund Spenser, folklore, luck, messenger of spring, New forest, spring chorus, springtime, St. John's Day, St. Tiburtius Day, superstition
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Celebrity trees of the New Forest
Fruitful in old age The prolonged wet weather and high winds of late have brought down two trees at our holding. The apple tree was a grand old fellow and must have stood more than 9 metres (30ft). Its trunk … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Ash, Beech, commerce, Elm, folklore, Forest, history, human culture, legend, literature, myth, New forest, Oak, political history, soclal history, traditions, trees
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