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🎬What's New In The Forest. Filmed by members of The Wildlife Society, featuring memorable footage of a working forest, as it was circa 1973. 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 AskewContributors:Jack Dalley Inkpen, BerkshireMay Dalley Inkpen, BerkshireRonald Downham Croydon, SurreyAngela Hughes Hammoon, DorsetViolet Maxse West Burton, SussexFrances Murphy Hampton, MiddlesexJohn Murphy Hampton, MiddlesexPeter Nichols Kingston-upon-Thames, SurreyJohn Norie Hicliffe, DorsetDavid Orr Redgrave, SuffilkGeoffrey Paulson-Ellis Headley, HampsireJane Paulson-Ellis Headley, HampsireJohn Pitcher Epsom, SurreyRicky Pitcher Epsom, SurreyJack White ARPS Tifield, BerkshireNorman Wylie-Moore Heathfield, SussexFeatured Fauna and Flora:AdderBog AspendaleBogbeanBog MyrtleBullfinchCattleCommon FrogCotton GrassDamselflyDonkiesGreat SallowNew Forest PoniesOrchidsRed FoxSpierwitSundewWater CrowfootWild Gladiolus