Restoring
Habitats

The New Forest is one of Europe’s most important locations for nature and conservation.

As part of the HLS scheme, Forestry England has been helping to restore the New Forest’s precious heathlands, species-rich grasslands, wetlands, bogs and ancient woodlands.

These habitats have been shaped through centuries both by careful management of the landscape and grazing by Commoners’ ponies and cattle turned out onto the Forest.

They are internationally important and support many species including birds, reptiles, invertebrates, flowering plants, lichens and fungi.