New forest ponies

[Gaz]

 

[Viennese]

Several killed this year by speeding drivers.

 

[The general]

Also owners neglect them

 

[Langtoftlad]

Several killed this year by speeding drivers.

Also owners neglect them

Way to go - putting a downer on a photography thread
Fabulous pictures Gaz

 

[Tea Bag]

Several killed this year by speeding drivers.

Hi.
When we lived there,they started trials with " Refective Horse neck bands ". This was a help at night and there was a blanket 40 mph limit on the whole area.
Tea Bag.

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[Carol]

Beautiful photos Gaz .

 

[Gaz]

Beautiful photos Gaz .

Thank you Carol

 

[Gaz]

Hi.
When we lived there,they started trials with " Refective Horse neck bands ". This was a help at night and there was a blanket 40 mph limit on the whole area.
Tea Bag.

There was a lot with neck bands on

 

[Gaz]

Way to go - putting a downer on a photography thread
Fabulous pictures Gaz

Thank you Langtoftlad

 

[Langtoftlad]

Thank you Langtoftlad

I'm guessing you have a very nice camera - but it still takes a lot of skill to capture an image like this... skill I can only dream about..

If I took a shot like this, I'd probably be entering into a competition - but at the very least printing it out & sticking it on my wall.

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[Janine]

Beautiful pictures. They really capture the wildness of them.

 

[movan]

I'm guessing you have a very nice camera - but it still takes a lot of skill to capture an image like this... skill I can only dream about..

If I took a shot like this, I'd probably be entering into a competition - but at the very least printing it out & sticking it on my wall.

Steve, Gaz has his own link to some of his AMAZING photography.

Hope he may put it on here se all can enjoy. Gaz??

 

[Holly's mum]

Beautiful photo's, thank you for sharing them

 

[Grasmere9]

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Love the composition of the last photo. Beautiful photography.

 

[davanne]

Beautiful photos Gaz
As you can see by my avatar horses and ponies are my passion

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[Northern Boy]

You are rather good Gaz, thank you.

I lived in the New forest for over 25 years. We saw the change into a national park too. My wife hit a cow late one night but we avoided hitting any ponies. Pigs were also a problem. Most of our local farmers had commoners rights so their animals roamed the forest. Any problems we carried the phone number of the local Agister in our pockets and they dealt with injured, trapped or poorly animals (In the New Forest, an agister is a local official whose role is to assist the Verderers with their duty to manage the free-roaming animals that the local commoners are allowed to release onto the forest). The Agisters often were on horse back as this enabled them to get to places where even a land-rover would have fun!

Many ponies are privately owned and the identification is how the mane is cut, if you look closely you will notice a distinctive cut in the mane.

 

[Gaz]

Steve, Gaz has his own link to some of his AMAZING photography.

Hope he may put it on here se all can enjoy. Gaz??

Thank you Joy there is a link to my web site at the bottom of the post

 

[Gary217]

Also owners neglect them

Pathetic comment .

As someone who lives here in the New Forest, and not a pony or livestock owner, I can assure you the owners take great care of their animals when let out on the forest. They do it because they care but if one did fail to look after their animals they would get severe reprimands and corrective action.

Two big related dangers to the animals here are indeed stupid speeding drivers (sadly, mostly locals who think they 'know' the roads well enough) and people who pet and even feed them which encourages the animals towards the roads, never mind playing havoc with their digestion systems.

Lovely pictures, and this time of year the Forest is a blaze of colour - shame the sentiment of the thread had to be spoilt by negative bonehead (and in one case inaccurate) comments.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful photo's Gaz

 

[Rosemary1]

Looks like she is cooking a foal there Beautiful picture

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[Mrsambulancekidd]

Looks like she is cooking a foal there Beautiful picture

I'm inclined to agree.

 

[RowleyBirkinQC]

Looks like she is cooking a foal there Beautiful picture

I'm inclined to agree.

Pretty much the first thing Cindy said when I showed her, lovely pics Gaz

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Hundreds of them about , I go fishing down the Forest one a month for the weekend in the van and normal spend a day riding around on the mountain bike.
Still surprised there is a 40mph on most of the roads

We go to a pub down there and they come in through the door

 

[Armytwowheels]

Really lovely photos. The light is amazing.

 

[pampam]

Lovely photos,the colour sums up the time of year,…top class

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[The Boofles]

Another from us - beautiful photos.

 

[Mikey RV]

Fantastic photos.