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Biscuits...The Yellowstone NP story is a perfect analogy to the UK parks. Before the reintroduction of wolves Yellowstone was greatly degraded by all the herbivores. A balanced ecosystem has greater biodiversity for sure. Thanks for sharing this story! You're doing great work to educate us all!

Sadly, it's a similar story here in Slovenia. The media is causing people to fear the bear, wolf, and lynx, and so we've got less and less of them. Then the herbivores become too abundant, and the worst kind of apex predator is called for help... you know, the ones with guns and no sense or respect for nature. The education of people about these topics is crucial. We should not fear nature, but the lack of it. Also, biscuits!

I went to the New Forest for wildlife photography and couldn't believe how dead the area felt. Many of our national parks are like this unfortunately.

Biscuits! In some ways this situation reminds me of the struggles of Oostvaardersplassen in the Netherlands: an ambitious rewilding attempt with many grazing and browsing herbivores. Unfortunately, the lack of predators and space to expand has meant that the herbivores have overgrazed the land and begun to starve. Both places need apex predators to balance the system and truly rewild the landscape

New Forest ponies are distinct from Exmoor ponies, they're on average a hand taller although admittedly they were derived from the Exmoor breed.

Such a refreshing take. Thank you so much, you put into words what I always felt about the new forest and the UK in general. Coming from southern Europe, my baseline is completely different and I feel like British people don't understand what terrible damage has been done to this Island

Biscuits! Usual problem with national parks in U.K. - no predators? Always a difficult topic, but until we do introduce the likes of wolves, lynx or bears, these places will always be unnatural. Pretty looking no doubt, but completely unnatural.

It’s always a good day when Leave Curious uploads!

Biscuits, you're an excellent presenter, Rob!

I don't know if the population levels of free grazing ponies is higher now than it used to be, but we also have the subject of a massive deer population, and some of them non native. If you raise the issue of control people get in a lather, but someone has to take the decision to do something positive. And its not only deer in the equation, that includes grey squirrel population, and whether we should be reintroducing natural predators.

Biscuits. Great video - too many conservationists are squeamish about tackling issues involving supposed heritage/culture/tradition and the loss of wildlife so very well done Rob!!

Biscuits! Great video. I work for a conservation charity and it's great to see more of this kind of thinking.

I live on the Isle of Wight and visit or drive through the New Forest many times, and the biggest change I've seen over the years in the forest is the amount of deer . Comeing from the island where there is no longer a settled population of deer (some do occasionally swim over from the New Forest), we have always looked out for them . What was a rare sighting 30 years ago is now common sight. Some of the red deer herds are massive, plus many roe deer. Perhaps this is a side effect of no longer having a hunt ? Maybe they need more management? Without any large carnivores, they are free to stay in one area and overgraze.

I live near the New Forest and it is very sad how little wildlife there is.

I has the exact same reaction when I went there in the summer. If wolves and beavers were introduced it would solve almost all the problems.

Yeah, as I've learnt more about biodiversity, my eyes definitely view things differently, but it's always surprised me how life-less a lot of the new forest seems to be. Biscuits :)

Cookies :-) This is very interesting and I agree totally with your assessment. I do feel some follow up from the management of the New Forest Park would be interesting. Do they agree? What is their long term strategy? any plans to modify future management? legal constrains regarding grazing etc. Perhaps a follow up to see what could be done to improve....

Frans Vera trees in the gorse! Sadly overgrazing seems to be a huge problem in all our National Parks which don't have a fraction of the biodiversity they could :( Biscuits!

Another great video Rob. You may be stirring up a hornet’s nest though - long time New Forest resident Chris Packham has received a lot of stick (of the nastiest kind) for pointing out that the grazing density of ponies has increased considerably over recent years. There’s a reason why it’s called “the tragedy of the commons”. Chocolate Hobnobs.

A few things. 1. They are New Forest ponies, not Exmoor ponies (go to Exmoor for those). Yes, there is a difference. Most of the rest of these are more for viewers: 2. Every time this comes up, on any social media, any discussion about it, there are comments about releasing wolves to kill the *livestock* grazing in the park. Probably stemming from ignorance of the fact the ponies and cattle are owned, but 1 minute's research could have alleviated that. 3. Don't touch the ponies/cattle/donkeys or feed them. This causes car accidents, also saw a pony kick a guy in the nuts the other day. Safety first! No biscuits for ponies. 4. When it was named, a 'forest' was not synonymous with a 'woodland', for the people in the comments moaning about it not all being woodland. 5. UK national parks were never intended to be wilderness areas or even nature reserves, and for people not familiar with them - they are all populated and full of roads and they contain entire towns and extensive working farmland areas, and they have since before the National Park system here was created. Unlike the national parks in the Americas which were all created after turfing out the Native populations and forcibly resettling them elsewhere (inc. Yellowstone, the favourite example of a restored ecosystem despite curiously not containing the native humans anymore). They aren't wilderness, hadn't been for thousands of years, and that's why most of them don't resemble it much. So there are always going to be some conflicts and need for compromise between different users and intended uses. Btw I am an ecologist and I agree broadly that all of the national parks have some major issues with overly intensive farming and other land use issues but I see it so often, surprisingly so amongst my peers, that people do not know what NPs are in the UK and get annoyed that they don't match up to the romanticised colonial vision of wilderness inflicted on certain other countries.

Biscuits! Brilliant video! I love that we have national parks in the UK, but they seem to just be freeze frames of post-industrial areas like the Lake District and Much of the Peak District. The Unesco status in the Lakes is actually even worse as it ringfences a monoculture that is less than 400 years old; rather than putting in regenerative steps to make nature and biodiversity the central focus. It really annoys me that many people can't see that we damage our integral habitats at the behest of sheep, cows, deer, and horses. And for what, the "awwww" factor of hairy herbivores on holiday once a year.

A follow up video including a discussion with someone who manages the New Forest could be interesting.

Biscuits! 😂 Interesting watch, I grew up in the New Forest so know it well. The natural state of much of it is wetland, and the forestry commission have put quite a bit of effort over the last few decades into restoring that wetland. That included adding meanders back into rivers the Victorians straightened, i can give you some map references to where if you're interested. There's a lot of enclosures there which are a mixed bunch, some are mostly pine plantations and some are mixed native woodland. The enclosures are fenced which keeps most of the ponies out, so only deer graze them. There's a few smaller sections with high deer fencing around them too, presumably for research purposes. One enclosure burned down in the 90s and they left it to regenerate naturally, again a pretty interesting place if you'd like a map reference 🙂 The gorse, braken and heather tend to completely take over if not managed, which has always struck me as a sign of a damaged ecosystem. Interesting to hear you say it's overgrazed, my baseline has always been closely nibbled grass so i never questioned it. And they're New Forest ponies, not Exmoor. We have our own breed down there!

Bickies! Fine video. Have you done a similar one for the South Downs? It may be worth remembering that both the New Forest and South Downs have not been National Parks for very long.

I've always been disappointed on my few visits to the New Forest. Mainly because there's no forest. Just patches of woodland between what you describe so well as lawn. Ans it's not like the ponies are native inhabitants. Biscuit.

Biscuits! I live opposite the new forest on the isle if wight, our national trust has plans for rewilding and so hopefully we'll move more into that direction.

Lovely biscuits! I’ve just started working in ecology in the Netherlands but within the parks in the city. There is so much to learn and it’s really interesting keeping that balance between human usability and areas we can’t accesss

Interesting video Bicuits, lots of things to ponder for example I imagine many people would enjoy the lawn like areas so they can easily walk and play on them...apart from having to doge the horse droppings etc. Your point about how a place changes overtime may be the way of education and a path forward. Cheers from NZ.

This environment could be full of wildflowers, fluttering fritillaries and naturalistic interest for all. Instead we have a bland landscape denuded by overexploitation. The interests against changes in the way the commons are managed would be intense. Thanks for standing up and making the argument. Some biscuits and a cup of tea are deserved.

Biscuits! . Brilliant idea! Thanks for a very good educational video. This is very important, and needs to be dealt with. Looking forward to the next one.

Great report... informative too. I hope the Commoners can step up and start controlling the numbers... biscoff

Gamekeepers play a large role in destroying biodiversity, too. Massive over-managing for Grouse Shooting on the North Yorkshire Moors is probably the worst example I've seen of this. We also get some of it in the Peak District where I live.

Biscuits - the same goes for the Peaks and the Lakes, really, which are overwhelmingly dominated by sheep grazing. A lot of it is very beautiful but it's so frustrating talking to folks who see the countryside in all its green-ness and think that's all you need for biodiversity.

biscuits! Would be a plan to have a flock of sheep grazing on the heatherpatches a few times a year. That will do A LOT of good. Fences aren't a thing one would want in a national park, yet it would help regenerate a lot of vegetation if you could move around the grazers every few weeks.

biscuits, thanks for your awesome videos. Love seeing these video catalogues of the UK. Hopefully this is the before footage of a great before and after comparison video in the years to come.

Biscuits. You mentioned how people have access to the whole forest. One thing they can do as well, is if it becomes too “inaccessible” by healthy growth, just add trails. So then humans can come and enjoy the biodiversity without overly trampling it. Going on trails with my dog in the forests of the Pacific Northwest was one of my favourite pass times to really enjoy nature in all of its biodiverse nature and was a major part of my eco-conscious education. Too many humans doesn’t have to be a harm if it is done right.

Biscuits! Hi Rob, first off, thank you for making a video of my beloved New Forest! A few comments from a NF local. I must admit my knee jerk reaction was 'oh great, another outsider telling us what to do!' but you have made some very valid points in respect to the over grazing, which is a well-known and often contentious issue amongst us locals. There is no doubt that we have collectively suffered from shifting base line syndrome and that the Forest is, as it always has been, in a state of flux. While I personally would love to see my home grow more wild there are many to whom that would be a disaster. The new forest area is home to 180’000 people, and there are many needs to be met. Simply put the Forest has never been wild since it’s creation in 1079, it is a landscape shaped by people and one that has shaped it's people in return. The Forest is often just seen as a tourist destination and a place to graze cattle and ponies, but it is so much more, and to view it through this narrow lens does not do the Forest justice. Agriculture, forestry, commons grazing, pannage, foraging, leisure, tourism, quarrying & fishing are just some of the ways we draw from the land but it is not a one sided relationship, we care for the land as well. We are home to the majority of Europe’s low land bog and heath, the only place where you can find all of the UK reptiles in one place, innumerable heathland birds and insects found nowhere else in the south. The Forest is a bastion of biodiversity amongst the intensively populated and farmed south of England. Your video struck a negative tone and echoed the view that we are ‘stuck in the past’ which is simply not true. There a numerable projects across the Forest for nature, from decanalizing our rivers and streams & salt marsh protection to planting of pollinator pasture. All part of our biodiversity action plan. While the change can feel slow it is important to appreciate that there are an enormous number of hoops we have to jump through. Having recently become a National park we are also a SSSI, RAMSAR Site, Special Area of Conservation & Special Protection Area to name just a few! I promise we are trying! Sorry if this came across as a winge, but I think you have missed the core of what the Forest is, a balanced and shifting human and wild landscape. One that I feel could be used as a metric for rewilding other rural areas. If you want to go on more of a deep dive I would love to show you around our Forest and help build the a bigger picture of the landscape. And a few pubs as well… All the best, Nick

Spot on. Thanks for such an honest appriasal. The fact that there is vurtually no natural regeneration of oak and beech, other than in fenced enclosures, shows that there is a serious issue here. Great video, thanks.

Love your output Rob. It strikes me that a lot of the issues surround just not knowing. Perhaps there's a need for a site survey App folks can download to create or add to a database? Location (W3W?), condition, photos .... ?

i love this channel and mossy earth, and i am doing a course on woodland management at the moment and its my dream to work with you or a very similar organization.

Great Biscuit video as always! The national parks are a bit sad once you have any understanding of biodiversity. Annoyingly, as you mention it wouldn't even take much to increase it massively! I find the Lakes and Dartmoor very similar in feeling, even Exmoor. These places should have much more scrub, many more wild animals, and more native species. Luckily there are a few charities now working towards that.

Biscuits! I have a degree in Ecology from the 1970s and it is lovely to see how many people are interested now when compared with then (hardly anyone).

Biscuits! It seems tighter grazing controls are definitely needed, maybe offset by turning some private agricultural land back to common land. Unlikely to get government support anytime soon though.

I've learned a lot about rewilding from your videos. Thank you for sharing. Biscuits.

Biscuits! Maybe the solution is freeing on the park a natural predator of the ponies? Maybe the lynx or the wolf? So it can reduce the numbers of ponies in the area and prevent overgrazing.

Huge horse ' biscuits ' littering the landscape are a sure sign that New Forest can hardly be called a proper forest anymore. The land needs some temporary fencing to allow areas to regenerate.

Biscuits. Watching you from southern Ontario, Canada. The shifting baseline syndrome is real my friend, thanks for bringing up that important topic. I think there's a book that's come out recently (in the last 10 or so years anyway) called the The Once and Future World, or something like that, that is all about shifting baseline. Keep doing what you're doing man, and know that you are not alone.

I absolutely love videos like this from people like you, where someone who genuinely cares about an ecosystem will visit it, look through it, and tell as many people about it so that it can become better. The New Forest looks like a beautiful place, even with the overgrazing impacts, and I can’t help but imagine how it could be even more gorgeous and healthy. Along with a reduction of the number horses (or a system of containing/excluding them from certain areas in a rotational manner), would an increased diversity (without an increased overall number) of large herbivores help? Perhaps some small cattle and/or red/roe/fallow deer? I don’t imagine many herbivores besides horses would (or should) gladly commingle with people on the lawns, but maybe restricting some of the lawns and converting others to taller grasslands could give space for shyer herbivores that the general public shouldn’t interact with. One species that does have an arguable place in British woodlands and could definitely increase the tourism value are Barbary Macaques, and I’d imagine that (in controlled numbers) their foraging could spread seeds and increase biodiversity overall. Also: Biscuits Since I’m deep southern ‘murican that brings to mind a thick savory bread roll, either with butter and strawberry jam stuffed in it or gravy drizzled onto it.

a great video, well put together and cohesive, (unlike me!) i agree with all you state in the video, its a place i have always wanted to go, but didn't realise it was so over grazed. i am always open to learning from new perspectives, and maybe one day i will try an ecology train uk course. Always looking for the next bit of curses i could possibly do. P.S - Biscuits. (oh and that cheeky horse in someone's car boot, that made me laugh!)

Biscuits, always good to hear from you Rob! Keep up the good work 😊

Biscuits! Excellent production & observations 🦉 Thank you ❤

Biscuits, Gorse is great fertilizer, a guy in New Zealand restored a native forest by letting the gorse stay theres an interesting video on it.

Maybe feeding biscuits to the horses could make them eat less vegetation ? I'm sure they'll love that furthermore ! (their health maybe a bit less however...)

Biscuits are all well and good, but we need to talk about hierarchy - y'know, the scale from rich tea to hobnob. Having seen the "Fools & Dreamers" video regarding the Banks Peninsular on New Zealand's South Island (which anyone reading this should go and view, if you've not already done so), you have to question the demonisation of gorse. You've already noticed the trees appearing in the middle of the gorse bushes here in the New Forest - which is one of its functions. The other one is soil building/stabilising, being able to thrive in nutritionally poor soils ranging from sandy to clay. We shouldn't think of gorse being a problem for horses/sheep/cattle/etc - we should see it as a plant that arrives to perform its function BECAUSE of the overgrazing. In Fools & Dreamers, it was demonstrated that because gorse needs full sun, once the saplings become trees large enough to cast shade, the gorse will naturally die back - succession in action. The Yellowstone argument has already been made in other comments, but this is England and we're not ready to see the return of predators that can keep the large grazers moving. I'm not sure we will in my lifetime. Sad, but true. So, if us humans are going to be responsible for depriving the ecosystem of large predators, we ourselves must take on that role - and I'm afraid there's no better way to do that than with electric fencing, moving animals as herds from area to area and allowing each section of land to be grazed and then recover. It's no secret that this is also better for the health of the animals as well as better for the soil and flora. One cool aspect to this system is that the animals not only get used to being moved, they get excited about it in anticipation because they know they'll soon be munching on better quality, lusher grass. Milk quality/quantity also goes up with this practice and the animals become healthier, more pest and disease resistant - just by humans mimicking the natural function of predation. Equal parts bl**ding obvious and genius.

Biscuits!! I havnt been to the new forest in a while, but seeing your post I too can see how this landscape could be so much better. Unfortunately there are many more pieces of 'wild land's ' that could also be so much more diverse!! Keep up the content, 🙂👍

I think you need to go back and study the history of the new forest. It is by definition mostly lowland heath. Most of the ancient forest is enclosed by fences and with gates. Pony numbers in these areas are strictly controlled. Large areas are being turned back into natural wetlands by the forestry commission.

At 68 years, I think I'm a wee bit old for a career in ecology! Yes, far too many ponies. They are obviously doing well with minimal oversight: perhaps some of them could be moved to other rewilding projects where they actually want some large herbivores? UK, partiicularly English, National Parks are an embarrassment. Perhaps they worked back in the time of say 20 million people living in England. Now they need far more active management - or perhaps more accurately - restraint, so that they can be a refuge for native flora and fauna. Too many people, too many roads, too many buildings, too many businesses. They need a complete rethink. I doubt that will happen with your present Government, however. Yet again, this has to be grass-roots driven. Oh yes! Biscuits!!😊

Biscuits... Yeah, it does seem that the New Forest has been over managed and is really used too much like a farm than what it's actual purpose would imply. I suppose letting big chunks if the New Forest to just "grow out" for a while as well as removing some of the grazing animals will help tremendously.

Great video. Very informative and with lots of relevance to other places where over grazing is a big issue.

Biscuits. In my country, we have a similar situation but not due to overgrazing or trampling of animals but due to overtourism a certain mountain or place gets. Hence, some local authorities imposed limits as to how many people can hike a mountain or camp there. Sometimes, banning tourism in the area to let the environment recover also works.

Biscuits😂 Greetings from south germany here! You mentioned a point which touched me, because by the way - there are areas in germany which are very wild- but they are Hard to find..and my husband and i try to show Our son these areas, so that he can see the difference...i love your content and mossy too.. Love susan

Bisquits: I agree.. The day you upload a video is always a day I look forward to learning something new. Thank you for all of it and for your live of the natural world

So agree with you. I am living in the Italian Alps at the moment, and there is an effort being made to bring back bears and wolves, but they have neglected to bring back the animals further down the food chain first! Hunters are allowed to shoot out deer to their hearts' content every year and they don't stick to those - everything that moves get shot, including marmot and squirrels. There are no wild boars left at all. Consequently the predators have nothing to eat and either move on or attack farm animals. Just like in the UK, decisions are made and not followed up on - adjustments need to be made all the time.

Imagine a Knepp the size of the New Forest!

Biscuits. Hi Rob great video, I'm 71 this year and have been visiting the New Forest since I was 16 on my motorcycle wild camping then and I am now in Verwood Campsite in my camper van, I can agree with you the changes in the forest over my time, it was a more wilder experiance to visit the forest then, it is now as you correctly state to managed its getting like theme park. yes it needs some predators not man to thin out the grazing and less man managegment, good luck with your future involvement I wish you well

Biscuits! I went to the new forest about 15 years ago, and something didn't feel quite right to me. After watching this I realised that it didn't feel very wild, especially as I live near Dartmoor, where we have some much wilder areas by comparison, also lots of lovely hills and therefore stunning views! I dare say it has some problems too, but it's so beautiful, I always feel better when I am there. I hope I always appreciate this stunning gem, that I've grown up with on my doorstep!

Biscuits…… I’m a park ranger in south wales and I must tell you, I love watching these videos. Seeing our natural spaces become degraded is awful, we need more people like us in the world that are educating the next generation and hopefully, we can turn the tide and restore more of our woodlands and natural spaces back to their former”wild” glory. Keep up the amazing work buddy 👍👍

Biscuits! I live on the outskirts of the New Forest so I visit all the time. It seems to have an old soul when you walk through it, but definitely with a sense that it is in some kind of distress. I was never able to put my finger on it but I think you've honed in on the issue perfectly, and I believe you're right that simply doing nothing (or less of something) is all it needs

Love your channel so much! So much learning and hope

Digestives are my favourite... great video! Well structured and good points made, especially regarding land management in the future

I wish you'd touched on the impact of invasives in the park, particularly Rhododendrum ponticum. When I visited a few years ago I was shocked how out of control it's gotten.

Biscuits - i wasn’t intending to watch the whole video but was very intrigued about the things you were saying regarding the signs of over grazed areas vs wild natural growth. We have a lot of wild natural growth in scotland and those wetlands, very much undisturbed in certain areas. Fine video overall :))) might be curious to check out vids later!

Biscuits! As someone from the New Forest, I've always felt like it should have more forest! But now I see that it's more complicated than that. Great work 😊

Biscuits. Great video. Thanks for the information. We have similar issues in the Netherlands, one of the biggest being our very dense population, especially in the western part. We have brought back beavers in the area called ‘Biesbosch’ and they are thriving there, but some groups are fearing the beavers if they should break out of that area. We also have wolves again in our country, but even with small numbers of those, people are already complaining about the devastating effects of the wolves on livestock and demanding culling to limit the damage. A major issue in the Netherlands is the fact that nature reserves are quite limited In size, because of the dense population, so reaching a balance for rewilding is difficult. The surrounding areas have a relatively large influence, impacting the capacity of nature to restore balance.

With overgrazing, I do think animal numbers is a far less useful metric than time, ie how much time an area of grazed vegetation has to recover before those animals return. Any control measures should have that in mind, whether it's fences, predators or herding. Now for some biscuits.

Where was all the flowering Gorse? It’s a fantastic species for wildlife and should form part of any heathland or scrub matrix. It’s a disgrace that they’re burning so much of it under the guise of ‘controlling’ it, when it’s quite clear that it’s to accommodate the huge amount of grazing animals. We do this throughout all of our national parks, too. If our so called heritage involves blatant eco destruction, then not only do I have no connection with it, I want it gone. For far too long our land use has been kept in the hands of people who have vested interests, and it’s about time we have a complete overhaul of it. It’s very possible that we’ve mismanaged areas of the UK for a century or more; that shouldn’t then become a tradition because of the time that’s lapsed!

Biscuits. The increasing road traffic can't help, my local forest at Epping suffers from that too.

Biscuits, other than moving horses and deer to other parts of the uk to thin the numbers, what else can be done to regenerate grass meadows and woodland floor ?

Another issue is due to the absence of natural predators, the pony’s are more likely stay in one area, hence overgraze it. This issue also ties with the reintroduced wild bison in Kent. The cocequences could even be more severe due to their bigger appetite and lack of space.

I did some work at franchises lodge in the New Forest that is a vast area of grass and woodland recently purchased by the RSPB not yet open to the public. They would agree with the problems highlighted in this video, they are doing work to connect woodlands via corridors of trees, control deer populations and remove invasive species. Furthermore, grazing cattle/ponies are not allowed in the area to encourage sapling growth. Great video!

Biscuits! Having no knowledge that the UK even had national parks this was very informative! Grateful to be in canada with access to so many natural spaces. Hopefully the UK can find a way to recover its natural beauty without catering to tourism

cheers for highlighting this, enjoyed watching it with my BISCUITS ;)

Biscuits... Sadly I see the lack of proper management here in the Netherlands as well. We have a the Veluwe which is a relatively large natural area with forests and heathlands. Normally there is a ballance between these two ecosystems but the management does everything to keep the borders exactly as they are. So where deer are shot every year to prevent overgrazing of tree bark in the winter, the managers also let sheep graze on the heathlands to prevent the trees from encroaching on the heathland. Of course maintaining both ecosystems is a good thing but for some reason they decide what the balance should be, which plant is allowed to grow where and which species is allowed in each system.

Biscuits! I would love to see a pony like this! Also there was a moment of two ponies mating in the background wonder if anyone noticed lol... Good video!

Biscuits! ;) Your videos are awesome Rob! You are doing so much for our planet Gaia, the hearts and minds of our species :) and creating a more and more sustainable human civilization for generations to come! I very much appreciate you and all you do with Mossy Earth and on your own passion projects.. Thank You! Thank you! Thank you! God, angels and masters !...for supporting Rob's work and the work of all passionate Rewilding people and Rewilding projects worldwide!!!

Biscuits. Gorse has proved to be a great nursery plant for native trees here in New Zealand. It guards and shades the the seedling, keeping grazers from getting at them until enough trees have grown up to form a canopy, which shades the gorse and so it dies off.

Biscuits, I really like your point about landscape and memory and how the knowledge of past generations about the landscape can be lost.

Biscuits! Great video as always. Interesting to see the differences between the New Forest and my local stomping ground Epping Forest (please come and do a video on our lovely Longhorns (and all the other great things about Epping Forest!)).

Biscuit from the Netherlands (I have been to New Forest twice and love it. Sad to see signs of overgrazing).

Biscuits! Thank you for the work you're doing and sharing with the rest of us

Greetings from Texas. Another great video! Thank you! BISCUITS!

Agree with everything you said. There's so much opportunity to improve areas such as farmland, roadside verges, woodlands, wetlands. Unfortunately, this government is only interested if a project can make them a quick buck. Keep up the good work.

Biscuits. Thanks for always giving an honest evaluation !

Biscuitz. Feel like I’m in draft day. If you know you know. Great clip. What is the happy medium then to alleviate pressure? A rolling program of fenced of areas? How would that affect those that have rights over the new forest to graze etc?

Biscuits! Grazing definitely needs and overhaul in this country, the potential of regenerative rotational grazing is huge, a video on that would be great!

Give that man a biscuit! ;-) Reminds me a little bit of investigative journalism. Digging into the effects of peoples or companys doings to enable a change (for the better i hope). :-)

Biscuits Thank you for doing this video. A huge problem in the States as well. Very few touch on this topic, or have the knowledge to comprehend the issues with invasive (socially accepted) species, within our protected areas. 68,000 Invasive (give or take) horses in the States.They have better protections then most of our endemic species within the natural areas they inhabit.

biscuits. The Newforest is on my doorstep, and I know it well. I don't totally agree with you, but appreciate its your view based on a snapshot of a short visit. Not sure if its overgrazed but four levels of management indicate there are many with their nose in the trough, so its probably over managed. The benefit of that is if you contact any of the overseeing organisations you will get a prompt response. The animal husbandry is first class, in that I have never seen an emaciated animal, ever. It can look dry and parched in the Summer, and responds quickly to a shower of rain. Hope you enjoyed your visit.

Biscuits. Thank you for educating me. I really enjoy your videos, keep up the amazing work.