ponies in the new forest

We went to look at cars and for a test drive in the New Forest today. I took my camera along, just in case, and was lucky to find some ponies and to find them where we could stop the car. Just before I took this photo, they had all walked staight across a busy road. There is a speed limit but, inevitably perhaps, a number of them are killed in traffic accidents each year.
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[Mags ッ]

Great find - they look lovely trotting along :)

[Jill T.]

I really like this...fav!

[Anja]

Such a lovely rural scene!

[Lee Shirley]

fab shot Hazel, we are so lucky to have the new forest right on our door step

[Rosie Kind]

I just love this as it reminds me of a holiday I had years ago when my daughter was about 12 or 13 and we went riding in the New Forrest. It was great and this is a lovely composition - Fav

[Linda]

What a great scene and nice capture. Are these ponies loose, not fenced in? And what is the "new forest?"

[Pyrrhula]

A lovely pic. of the ponies but I think they have to make provisions to avoid any collision. It`s not only dangerous for the horses also for the car and the people in it. A big/long fence ?

[Hazel]

@pyrrhula @linah

The New Forest is a huge area of forest and moorland, now a national park. No possibility to fence the ponies in and they just roam freely. There are some cattle too. When the acorns fall from the trees, pigs are put into the forest to eat them because they are poisonous to ponies - this is called 'pannage'.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice POV like this one!

[Ivan]

Lovely New Forest image, Hazel.

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Beautiful shot! A really lovely capture of these wild ponies.

[Linda]

@quietpurplehaze Thanks for the information, sounds wonderful.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is beautiful, Hazel.

[Julie Duncan]

Very cool! Are they wild ponies?

[Richard Hickey]

Cool shot.

[David]

well captured

[Anne Gibson]

Beautiful and peaceful rural scene.

[Hazel]

@juliedduncan

They have owners but roam freely. The New Forest is a huge area of forest and moorland, now a national park. No possibility to fence the ponies in. There are some cattle too. When the acorns fall from the trees, pigs are put into the forest to eat them because they are poisonous to ponies - this is called 'pannage'.

[Molly]

A beautiful peaceful scene.

[Malc Bird]

Fabulous landscape and great shot of the ponies :)

[Julie Duncan]

@quietpurplehaze Ah, sounds heavenly! Would love to spend a week there backpacking/camping out and observing the animals (except the pigs). :)