The Hawfinch is one of the UK’s most elusive and mysterious birds. With its powerful bill and secretive woodland habits, it’s always a...

How Can You Help Protect New Forest Wildlife? As you may already know, the New Forest is a special place, home to a rich variety of...

Bird Ringing In September 2024, I had the opportunity to go bird-ringing with the Wildlife Explorers Club, and I enjoyed it so much that...

A huge thank you to all our Wildlife Explorers for making the start of 2025 so fantastic! Kicking Off the Year   Our first meeting of the...

Marcus Ward, Andrew Colenutt, Tommy Saunders, Willow Bloomfield, Rob Farnworth, Elliot Frost, Emily-Louise Griffin, Katiana Saleiko, Tara...

New Forest Ringing Group Marcus Ward, Andrew Colenutt, Tommy Saunders, Willow Bloomfield, Rob Farnworth, Elliot Frost, Emily-Louise...

My Time with Wildlife Explorers.

Un update from the 2024 Pine Marten field season

What’ve Been Up To? Bio Blitz at Hockey's Farm: Our  Bio Blitz  event at  Hockey's Farm  was a fantastic success! The Wildlife Explorers...

A Tough Winter Ahead As I write this, I am surrounded by the calls of Redwings, part of the annual influx escaping colder and harsher...

Fungi season in full swing As can be seen by the increase in posts on the Wild New Forest Facebook Page we are now very much in peak...

A Seal’s life! The Beaulieu River boat trips on Lazy Daze continue to be a firm favourite in the diary, with no two trips the same. In...

High Summer and signs of Autumn ‘It’s been an odd year’ is something I am sure most naturalists say every year. Is there such a thing as...

This month we wanted to focus on the coastal strip, an often overlooked but significant part of the New Forest with a wealth of wildlife,...

Highlights We cannot believe that we are already halfway through 2024! So far this year, we have run 12 events, and, in this newsletter,...

May & June 2024 Newsletter When I started writing this piece in late April after another overnight deluge, the Forest was wet underfoot...

This spring our Young Persons Wildlife Camp was again a wonderful weekend. This years spring camp was held at the Countryside Education...

The Forest comes to life as we move through April heralding the start of the busy fieldwork season. The year has started off mild and...

We would like to start our first Wildlife Explorers Newsletter by thanking you all for joining us in this new adventure together....

A change of season Despite the recent awful weather, it has still been a joy to be out and about in the Forest. I am often out early and...