Picturesque Brockenhurst and surrounding areas in New Forest, Hampshire. L/S's forest and ponies. M/S of the village of Brockenhurst with a water splash. M/S lanes with old houses, C/U old oak tree, M/S thatched house. M/S of churchyard at St. Nicholas. Various shots of the gravedigger calling birds and taming them. M/S of Beaulieu Village. M/S old abbey and cloisters with magnolia tree. M/S of a small hamlet which was once a shipbuilding centre. M/S of a street. A woman rides her horse down a lane

What's New In The Forest, Produced by The Wildlife Society in 1974

A brief history to describe the forest, then and now. A look at the various species of deer to be found. The geology. Forest law and the New Forest. Eyeworth Pond, a special place. A look at some of the more unusual Flora. The Forest Lawns and grazing. Common rights. New Forest Pony as a breed. Red Fox on a hillside and beware of Adders in the long grass. Setting up a filming hide on a Bullfinch nest. A pony drift. The Agister's responsibilities. The pressures of traffic filmed and described. Pollution and the proximity of Fawley Refinery. The Forestry Commission management. Timber extraction. Regulation of caravanning and camping. Draining bogs. The pony sales at Beaulieu Road.

Narrated by Tony Askew

Contributors:
Jack Dalley Inkpen, Berkshire
May Dalley Inkpen, Berkshire
Ronald Downham Croydon, Surrey
Angela Hughes Hammoon, Dorset
Violet Maxse West Burton, Sussex
Frances Murphy Hampton, Middlesex
John Murphy Hampton, Middlesex
Peter Nichols Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
John Norie Hicliffe, Dorset
David Orr Redgrave, Suffilk
Geoffrey Paulson-Ellis Headley, Hampsire
Jane Paulson-Ellis Headley, Hampsire
John Pitcher Epsom, Surrey
Ricky Pitcher Epsom, Surrey
Jack White ARPS Tifield, Berkshire
Norman Wylie-Moore Heathfield, Sussex


Featured Fauna and Flora:
Adder
Bog Aspendale
Bogbean
Bog Myrtle
Bullfinch
Cattle
Common Frog
Cotton Grass
Damselfly
Donkies
Great Sallow
New Forest Ponies
Orchids
Red Fox
Spierwit
Sundew
Water Crowfoot
Wild Gladiolus