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: landscape
New Forest: trees – our natural and cultural assets
Without a doubt, the free-roaming animals of the New Forest are an asset to the local economy and, as ‘architects of the Forest’, are one of the most important bio-forces that sustain the ecology and environmental constituency of the landscape. … Continue reading
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Tagged A3, ancient, animals, Ash, Beech, cedar, chestnut, common, deer, Elm, Forest, Henry VIII, King, Knightwood Oak, landmark, landscape, legacy, M25, New forest, Oak, Queen, RHS Wisley, Royal Horticultural Society, Sheffield, species, tree
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New Forest: natural connections
In the last few weeks it has been my absolute pleasure and privilege to be invited into the homes of several long-established commoning families and spend time in their company. Congregating in the kitchen seems to be the standard practice, … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, ancient, animals, children, close-knit, common, Commoner, community, conserve, education, generation, information, insects, inter-generational, landscape, livestock, neighbourhood, neighbourhoods, New forest, non-human, pastoral, plants, pony, preserve, resident, residents, traditional, trees
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New Forest: animal accidents – multiple causes/multiple solutions
This week (April, 2017) the subject of animal accidents on the Forest roads has been very much at the forefront of my mind. I’ve been watching with interest the comments on various social media forums, reading newspaper reports, listening to … Continue reading
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Tagged accidents, animal, car parks, catchment, cattle, donkeys, drainage, drivers, environment, feeding, flood, grazing, landscape, New forest, nutrient, Open Forest, pigs, restoration, river, roads. ponies, sheep, speed limit, speeding, stream, timber, traffic, water, wetland
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New Forest: commoning generations
While visitors to the New Forest, and those lucky enough to reside here, undoubtably appreciate its magnificent scenery, free roaming livestock, and exceptional wildlife, not many would consider the significance to the landscape of the unbroken chain of Forest ancestry … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, ancestry, commoning, families, family, generation, generations, heritage, landscape, livestock, New forest, Purkis, Rufus, Saxon, scenery, symbiotic, wildlife, William I, William II, Winchester, Ytene
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New Forest: the seventeenth century coal-rush
On the 30th January 1649 Charles I was executed by beheading. In this momentous event the monarchy was overthrown, signalling the start of England’s only ever foray into republicanism with the establishment of a Commonwealth government. As a result, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1653, Charles I, coal, Commonwealth, Forest, House of Lords, landscape, merchants, minerals, mining, New forest, Oliver Cromwell, Parliament, Priaulx, prospectors, regicide, republic, Richard Major, Southampton, State Papers Domestic
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Many colours of the New Forest.
While walking in the Forest of late it is very evident that autumn is fast approaching. The early morning mists that weave silken ribbons of silver vapour through the valleys and woods are a telltale sign. Some of the leaves … Continue reading
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Tagged architects of the forest, autumn, bay, brown, colours, filly, Forest, green, grey, heathland, landscape, lilac, mare, New forest, ponies, pony, purple
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The colours of the New Forest
I love the autumn. The colours that nature paints across the landscape are just beautiful. On the New Forest heathland at the moment one can see large blocks of purple from the heather that dovetail with the green of the bracken … Continue reading
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Tagged bracken, Commoner, gorse, habitat, heather, heathland, invertebrates, landscape, mammals, nature, New forest, New Forest pony, pony, vertebrates
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New Forest: Lake of Avalon
Lives get busy. There’s always so much to do. Most mornings I take the dogs for a walk on the Forest and it’s my down time. My hour or so walking in the company of my Labradors is contemplative and … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn mist, Avalon, Forest, Lake of Avalon, landscape, New forest, New Forest pony, valley
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