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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...
Jul 6, 20213 min read
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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...
May 5, 20213 min read
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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...
Jan 30, 20213 min read
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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 20, 20202 min read
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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 12, 20202 min read
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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...
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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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...
Sep 26, 20202 min read
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WNF Lymington Walk - 20 Sept 2020
Marcus writes: Our second Lymington Discovery walk of the weekend saw me meeting Karen and David at the Bath Road carpark before heading...
Sep 21, 20202 min read
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WNF Lymington Walk - 19 Sept 2020
Marcus writes: Well, our first official tour out of Lymington with Andrew Colenutt and his friends, a young family of four. A busy...
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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Wild New Forest guided wildlife tours and community benefit
“No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced” Sir David Attenborough Wild...
Sep 15, 20203 min read
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Pine Martens in the New Forest – a welcome return?
Russ writes: The Pine Marten was once historically widespread throughout the UK, but a combination of forest clearance and persecution...
Sep 6, 20203 min read
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Getting to grips with breeding Lesser Redpoll in the New Forest
Marcus writes: For years now I have been fascinated and somewhat taunted by Lesser Redpoll (hereafter Redpoll) in the New Forest - most...
Jul 4, 20203 min read
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WNF April 2020 review
Russ and Marcus write: April was mostly a dry and settled month, with high pressure in control and a dominance of southerly and easterly...
Jul 3, 20203 min read
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WNF March 2020 review
Marcus and Russ write: The first half of March saw a continuation of the wet and windy weather that dominated for much of the preceding...
May 3, 20204 min read
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New Forest Lesser Spotted Woodpecker survey
Guest Blog by Rob Clements: The seemingly never-ending sequence of storms and heavy rain has now been replaced by a period of more...
Mar 22, 20204 min read
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New Forest Breeding Waders - appeal for sightings
Russ writes: The New Forest is one of the most important sites in southern England for ground-nesting waders, but this species group is...
Mar 21, 20203 min read
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New Hawfinch roost!
Marcus writes: Following a recent tip off from Nigel Owen, the alarm went off at 0430 yesterday morning and I made way up to a fairly...
Mar 19, 20202 min read
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Spring migrants arrive in force at the coast
This morning I was up early and already heading to the New Forest coast in the half-light of dawn, enticed by a weather forecast of light...
Mar 19, 20202 min read
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Hawfinch fieldwork through the week
Marcus writes: Unfortunately work, and in particular the impact of coronavirus, has dominated my working week, but it hasn’t all been...
Mar 15, 20202 min read
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WNF February 2020 review
Russ and Marcus write: It was an exceptionally wet month, with Met Office records indicating it was the wettest February since records...
Mar 8, 20203 min read
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