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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...
Oct 21, 20213 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 8, 20214 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...
Aug 1, 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...
Jul 6, 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...
May 5, 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...
Jan 30, 20213 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 20, 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 12, 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...
Oct 5, 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...
Sep 26, 20202 min read


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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