Synopsis

This documentary, filmed over two years, offers an intimate portrait of the wildlife inhabiting the New Forest—Ytene, as it was known to the Saxons—in southern England. The woodland, bogs, and heaths provide sanctuary for wild ponies, fallow deer, badgers, foxes, a variety of wildfowl, and countless insects. The film captures the shifting seasons and reveals glimpses of more elusive creatures, including firecrests, hawfinches, woodlarks, and tadpole shrimps. Throughout, the programme is enriched