New Forest boggy mire
The New Forest contains many different environments of natural beauty which are of European and global importance gaining Special Area of Conservation and Special Protected Area statuses. There is a wonderful mixture of heather covered heathland, boggy-mires, ancient pasture and ornamental woods and even wide lawns. The New Forest actually has most of the valley mires in north-western Europe (90 out of the 120 mires).
New Forest boggy mire
The New Forest contains many different environments of natural beauty which are of European and global importance gaining Special Area of Conservation and Special Protected Area statuses. There is a wonderful mixture of heather covered heathland, boggy-mires, ancient pasture and ornamental woods and even wide lawns. The New Forest actually has most of the valley mires in north-western Europe (90 out of the 120 mires).