Yesterday's Walking Picnic was a glorious, sunny affair, with the Forest alive with new growth and birdsong. We not only heard, but also saw, a cuckoo, as well as buzzards, willow warblers, a redstart, peacock and brimstone butterflies and a couple of common lizards.
Back near the car park at Vereley, we were mid-picnic when one of the New Forest ponies came to see if it could scrounge some scraps. We don't feed the ponies, as it only encourages them to seek out people and cars for food. Some of the ponies and donkeys near here have learned that standing in the middle of the road, and waiting for a car to stop, can often get them something to eat, so that, far from being scared by cars, they walk into the road when they see you coming. This one was heavily pregnant, so I was more concerned that we would be delivering a foal, than losing a picnic!
Back near the car park at Vereley, we were mid-picnic when one of the New Forest ponies came to see if it could scrounge some scraps. We don't feed the ponies, as it only encourages them to seek out people and cars for food. Some of the ponies and donkeys near here have learned that standing in the middle of the road, and waiting for a car to stop, can often get them something to eat, so that, far from being scared by cars, they walk into the road when they see you coming. This one was heavily pregnant, so I was more concerned that we would be delivering a foal, than losing a picnic!
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