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Wild and Free: How to Keep the New Forest Special!
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...
Mar 182 min read
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Blog By Sam Walker
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...
Mar 33 min read
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Wildlife Explorers Club Newsletter
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...
Feb 252 min read
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2024 Hawfinch and General Ringing Report New Forest Ringing Group
Marcus Ward, Andrew Colenutt, Tommy Saunders, Willow Bloomfield, Rob Farnworth, Elliot Frost, Emily-Louise Griffin, Katiana Saleiko, Tara...
Feb 114 min read
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Lymington - Keyhaven Marsh - 2024 Bird Ringing Report
New Forest Ringing Group Marcus Ward, Andrew Colenutt, Tommy Saunders, Willow Bloomfield, Rob Farnworth, Elliot Frost, Emily-Louise...
Jan 224 min read
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My Time with Wildlife Explorers.
My Time with Wildlife Explorers.
Jan 182 min read
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Pine Marten Project in the New Forest: 2024 Update
Un update from the 2024 Pine Marten field season
Jan 63 min read
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Wildlife Explorers Club - Newsletter
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...
Nov 28, 20245 min read
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November 2024 Newsletter
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...
Nov 20, 20248 min read
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October 2024 Newsletter
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...
Oct 28, 20247 min read
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September 2024 Newsletter
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...
Sep 20, 20248 min read
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August 2024 Newsletter
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...
Aug 20, 20246 min read
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July 2024 Newsletter
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,...
Jul 23, 20247 min read
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Wildlife Explorers Newsletter
Highlights We cannot believe that we are already halfway through 2024! So far this year, we have run 12 events, and, in this newsletter,...
Jul 5, 20243 min read
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June 2024 Newsletter
May & June 2024 Newsletter When I started writing this piece in late April after another overnight deluge, the Forest was wet underfoot...
Jun 22, 20248 min read
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Wild New Forest Spring 2024 Wildlife Camp
This spring our Young Persons Wildlife Camp was again a wonderful weekend. This years spring camp was held at the Countryside Education...
Apr 26, 20247 min read
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April 2024 Newsletter
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...
Apr 14, 20248 min read
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Young Explorers Newsletter
We would like to start our first Wildlife Explorers Newsletter by thanking you all for joining us in this new adventure together....
Mar 18, 20244 min read
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March 2024 Newsletter
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...
Mar 14, 20247 min read
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February 2024 Newsletter
As I write this I can hear Song Thrush and Great Tit singing, the sun is finally out and has a hint of warmth to it, and the days are...
Feb 13, 20248 min read
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