Concerned dog lovers in the New Forest should visit the New Forest Dog Owners Group noticeboard page Welcome to NATURESCENE the nature lover's choice for exploration of sites of outstanding NATURAL BEAUTY NatureScene - the way to see nature

NatureScene provides a personal view of two of the richest areas of Europe, the National Parks of the Cévennes and the New Forest. Plan your holiday or just enjoy a virtual tour Allow yourself some special time, following and developing your interests Wild scenery, plants, bird life, village life,insects and mammals This site has no advertising or sponsorship, to enable you to enjoy these areas to the full. Please consider MAKING A DONATION via PayPal, and help expand this site!

	The CÉVENNES
	A vulture's eye view of the wildest area of France
	Join NatureScene as we fly with the vultures across the limestone plateaus (the 'Causses'), and swoop into the dramatic Gorges du Tarn. Climb the granite peak of Mont Lozèmre and explore the wealth of scenery of the varied local mountains. The contrast of limestone, granite and schist where the Atlantic meets the Mediterranean provides us with the richest wildlife and scenery in Europe.
	The NEW FOREST
	A visit to the the forest of KINGS
	Take a fifteen minute stroll with NatureScene through the forest of the English kings. The New Forest in Hampshire, England is a wild area of ancient woodland and wild heaths. This site is highly pictorial. Just sit back and enjoy it as the text and pictures scroll by, revealing a thousand years of man and nature cooperating to create a scenic wonderland.

	REYNARD THE FOX
	A MEDIEVAL TALE RETOLD
	A rewrite by DAVID DICKENSON of the most popular tale ever told. The tales of Reynard the Fox have been delighting all of Europe for centuries. Such stories are ageless, and are as enjoyable today as they were 8OO years ago. His legendary escapades largely began in the Twelfth Century and were so instantly popular that for centuries they became the widest known tales throughout all of Europe. They have been built upon by medieval man and handed down largely by word of mouth..

Wildlife:
Wild boar, otter, beaver, badger, fox, weasel, stoat, red deer, fallow deer, sika deer, roe deer, gennet, kingfisher, heron, golden eagle, buzzard, griffon vulture, red kite, marsh harrier, hen harrier, short-toed eagle, hobby, dipper, curlew, lapwing, snipe, wagtail, tits, robin, nightingale, black redstart, orchids - lizard orchid, pyramid orchid, bee orchid, early spider orchid, birds-nest orchid, military orchid, helleborine orchid, butterfly orchid, monkey orchid, man orchid, ladies' tresses orchid, meadow clary, viper's bugloss, yellow rattle, pheasant's eye, poppy, sundew, bracken, heather, bell heather, ling, cross-leaved heath

Countryside:
Mountains, forests, Ancient and Ornamental Woodlands, heath, bogs (mires), valleys, plains, lawns, enclosures, national park, Gorges du Tarn, Causse Méjean, Causse de Sauveterre, Causse Noir, Mont Lozèmre, Mont Aigoual

Communities:
In the New Forest, Hampshire, England, you will find Lyndhurst, Emery Down, Brockenhurst, Burley, Beaulieu, Lymington, Highcliffe, New Milton, Lepe Country Park, Christchurch, Ringwood,all between Southampton and Bournemouth. NFDOG
In the Cévennes, France, you will find Florac, Mende, La Salle Prunet, Ispagnac, le Pont-de-Montvert, Cocurès, la Baume, Bédouès, St. Germain-de-Calberte, St. Privat-de-Vallongue, Sainte Enemie,la Malène, Marvejols, Meyrueis