June 27, 2011 archive

New Forest Holiday Day 2 : Bucklers Hard and the Beaulieu River : 27th June 2011

New Forest Holiday Day 2 : Bucklers Hard and the Beaulieu River : 27th June  2011

For a change of location we decided to try a boat trip so we headed off for the “historic village” of Bucklers Hard, once a naval shipbuilding dockyard where many of Nelson’s ships, including some that fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, were built. We had a quick look at the museum but it was pretty hot so we went down to the water to take a boat trip down the River Beaulieu.

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New Forest Holiday Day 2 : Acres Down and Bolderwood : 27th June 2011

New Forest Holiday Day 2 : Acres Down and Bolderwood  : 27th June  2011

Our guidebook “Where To Watch Birds in Britain” by Simon Harrap and Nigel Redman suggested that this was “probably the best site in the New Forest for Watching raptors” so we were looking forward to some exciting birding. We followed the rather good driving instructions in our guide book and parked just by the sign for the” cream teas” and then walked up through the woods and onto the ridge. Unfortunately all we managed to see were a few Blackbirds, a robin and some Chaffinches and a Tree Pipit.

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