2026 call for speakers The 2026 New Forest Biodiversity Conference will take place on 03-04 March 2026 at Careys Manor Hotel in Brockenhurst, hosted by the New Forest Biodiversity Forum (NFBF). We have three excellent keynote speakers lined up, each representing an important conservation sector: Dr Andrew Stringer, Head of Environment and Nature Recovery at Forestry England. Andrew is the strategic lead for nature recovery at Forestry England, who are the largest land manager

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in October 2025. To contribute to future editions, please contact the New Forest Biodiversity Forum Chair ( russ@wildnewforest.org.uk ).   Notable wildlife sightings October saw a continuation of typical autumn conditions, with a dominance of relatively mild and dull weather - Met Office data for the UK indicate it was the dullest October in almost 60 yea

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in August and September 2025. To contribute to future editions, please contact the New Forest Biodiversity Forum Chair ( russ@wildnewforest.org.uk ).   Notable wildlife sightings August 2025 was again warmer, sunnier, and drier than average, with rain restricted to the final few days of the month. Provisional Met office statistics here indicate it was of

In 2023-24 a series of ecological surveys were conducted across three heathland restoration sites in the New Forest National Park to...

New Forest Raptor Monitoring Group (NFRMG) 21 August 2025 With June and July now behind us the raptor monitoring season fast draws to a...

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in June-July...

The New Forest Volunteer Ecological Surveyor Programme (VESPA) launched in mid-May, and here we provide an update on the scheme. Further...

New Forest Raptor Monitoring Group (NFRMG) 04 June 2025 Spring 2025 has been predominantly warm and dry and has enabled fieldwork to...

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in May 2025....

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in April 2025....

1. Introduction The New Forest Biodiversity Forum has launched a New Forest Volunteer Ecological Surveyor Programme (VESPA), which aims...

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in March 2025....

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in February...

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in January 2025.

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in December...

We are now inviting speakers for the 2025 New Forest Biodiversity Conference, which will be held on 04-05 March 2025 at Careys Manor Hotel i

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in November 2024.

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in October 2024.

Postgraduate student project opportunity - Assessing the evidence for smoke stimulation of UK heathland plant species

This report aims to summarise some of the notable wildlife sightings and conservation news in the New Forest National Park in September 2024