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Tag Archives: New forest
The Impact of Wilds Fires on the New Forest
The New Forest is one of the most distinctive and important landscapes in southern England. Covering around 289 square kilometres across the county of Hampshire, it contains ancient woodland, open heathland, grassland, wetlands and ponds. Despite its name, the New … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climate crisis, Commoner, conservation burning, controlled burning, Erosion, Forest fire, New forest, pony, smoke, wildfire
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Rufus the Red/King William II – death in the New Forest
On this day 926 years ago occurred an incident in the New Forest that continues to be debated among scholars today. King William II, also known as Rufus the Red (possibly because of his ruddy complexion or hot temper), who … Continue reading
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Tagged 1100, 2 August, Abbott Serlo, Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Coronation Charter, coronation edict, Duke of Bernay, Henry I, hunting accident, King William II, Magna Carta, murder, New forest, Orderic Vitalis, Purkis, regicide, Rufus the Red, Walter Tirel, Walter Tyrrel, William of Malmesbury, William Rufus, William the Conqueror, Winchester Conqueror
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The Importance of Livestock Grazing to the New Forest Landscape
The New Forest is one of Europe’s most significant cultural landscapes, where centuries of traditional livestock grazing have shaped both its ecological character and biodiversity. Designated as a National Park, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a Special Area … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, cattle, ecology, grazing, landscape, New forest, pigs, ponies
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New Forest: newborn foals and spring arrive
The past few weeks of visiting the New Forest, to check on my free-roaming mares, have been a reminder to all my senses of just how glorious a place this is. The sound of the cuckoo, skylark and lapwing in … Continue reading
The fuzzy bush
The New Forest is world renowned for its rich biodiversity and distinctive habitats. Among its most iconic plant species is one that has played a significant ecological and cultural role in the region for centuries – the gorse (known locally … Continue reading
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Tagged coconut scent, Evergreen, furze, fuzz, gorse, heath, New forest, pony, prickly, shrub, spine, ulex, yellow flower
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Stallion Areas 2026
Each year registered, New Forest stallions are released onto the open Forest to run with the free-roaming mares and sire the next generation of New Forest pony. The stallions are carefully selected by the Verderer’s of the New Forest, the … Continue reading
The ticklish impertinence of the New Forest fly
In 1895 a local newspaper published ‘Notes on Injurious Insects’.[1] Chief among these perilous mini-beasts was the forest fly (Hippobosca equina) aka horse louse fly, side-fly, or crab-fly, a bloodsucking pest that ‘causes great annoyance to the horses in the … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, crab fly, equine, Forest fly, George Samouelle, Hippobosca equina, horse louse fly, horses, insect, New forest, ponies, side fly
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The Norman Conquest and being English.
If you had lived in England on this day (16 October) 958 years ago chances are you would be aware that a momentous battle had just been fought, only a few days earlier, near Hastings in Sussex. Even if you didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo Saxon, Domesday Book, English, Great Survey, King John, King William, Lionheart, Magna Carta Libertatum, New forest, Norman conquest, Norse, Nova Foresta, Parliament, pirates, raiders, Richard, The Queen Wills It, United States Constitution, Verderer
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New Forest Stallion Areas 2025
Each year stallions are released onto the open forest to run with the free-roaming mares and sire the next generation of New Forest pony. The stallions are carefully selected by the Verderer’s of the New Forest, the New Forest Pony … Continue reading
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