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Jun 19, 20226 min read

Young Person's New Forest Wildlife Camp - Spring 2022

New Forest Wildlife Camp 2022 Our fourth New Forest Wildlife Camp took place on 27-29 May 2022, and for the second year running our venue...

May 30, 20222 min read

New Forest Pine Marten Project – spring 2022 update

Fieldwork has commenced for the second year of a project using 30 remote trail cameras to investigate a newly established Pine Marten...

Feb 1, 20224 min read

Keyhaven 2021: what have we learnt from last year’s bird ringing?

Helen Schneider writes: One of the much-needed pleasures of a new year, when it’s cold and grey outside, is to reflect on the highlights...

Jan 28, 20223 min read

Wild New Forest Guided Walks and Fieldwork (Week 4, 2022)

Marcus writes: A shorter week for me this week after taking a couple of days out at the weekend. We had a couple of lovely walks and our...

Jan 21, 20223 min read

Wild New Forest Guided Walks and Fieldwork (Week 3, 2022)

Marcus writes: Another busy week blessed with some lovely weather, really enjoyable walks and productive fieldwork. Guided Walks Our...

Jan 14, 20223 min read

Wild New Forest Guided Walks and Fieldwork (Week 2, 2022)

Marcus writes: The second weekly blog of the year covering another busy week with some lovely, if a little chilly weather. It has been an...

Jan 7, 20223 min read

Wild New Forest Guided Walks and Fieldwork (Week 1, 2022)

Marcus writes: I generally don’t do New Years resolutions, however, I am making an exception this year and promised myself that I will...

Dec 4, 20215 min read

Wild New Forest community benefit activities in 2021

Russ and Marcus write: As the year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on what we have (and in some cases haven’t!) achieved...

Nov 14, 20211 min read

Wild New Forest Gift Vouchers and Bespoke Private Walks

Marcus writes: Gift vouchers Following a number of recent requests, we are pleased to offer the Wild New Forest gift voucher, an ideal...

Oct 26, 20217 min read

Young Person's New Forest Wildlife Camp - Autumn 2021

Russ and Marcus write: Friday 22 Oct Our third Young Person’s New Forest Wildlife Camp kicked off as dusk fell and our teenage...

Oct 21, 20213 min read

HOS young members ringing demo

Helen Schneider writes: Just after dawn last Saturday a small group of young members of the Hampshire Ornithological Society (HOS) joined...

Aug 8, 20214 min read

New Forest Pine Marten survey: methodology & techniques

Marcus writes: It has been great to see so much interest in the current Pine Marten fieldwork that we are carrying out together with our...

Aug 1, 20213 min read

New Forest Pine Marten survey: summer 2021 update

Marcus and Russ write: Wild New Forest are partners in an exciting new project that aims to improve understanding of Pine Marten...

Jul 6, 20213 min read

Hawfinch tracking 2021 - that's a wrap!

Marcus writes: This year, as part of our ongoing study of Hawfinch in the New Forest we have deployed 10 combined GPS/Radio tags on...

May 5, 20213 min read

Wild New Forest 2020 survey report on breeding waders

Russ and Marcus write: In spring 2020, Wild New Forest was commissioned by Forestry England to undertake a full survey of breeding waders...

Jan 30, 20213 min read

2020 Keyhaven bird-ringing report

Marcus writes: This has been our fifth year of bird-ringing at Lymington-Keyhaven Marshes, with the main focus being at Keyhaven. Net...

Oct 20, 20202 min read

WNF Brockenhurst Discovery Walks - 16-19 Oct 2020

Russ writes: Over the last few days we've taken our first guests on our Brockenhurst Discovery Walk, with one scheduled and two private...

Oct 12, 20202 min read

WNF Fungi Explorer Walks - 09-12 Oct 2020

Russ writes: Due to high demand, we hosted a total of 30 guests for six Fungi Explorer Walks over the weekend of 10-11 Oct and the days...

Oct 5, 20202 min read

WNF Fungi Explorer Walk - 05 Oct 2020

Russ writes: Today was our first Wild New Forest ‘Fungi Explorer’ walk, and after the chaotic weather associated with Storm Alex over the...

Sep 26, 20202 min read

WNF Lymington Walk – 26 Sept 2020

Marcus writes: I met with our guests, Nick and Karen, at the Bath Road slipway on a lovely crisp sunny morning in much calmer conditions...