Live in thetford, walk around forest all the time, love it. If you want to see some bigger redwoods, go to lynford hall, it's a hotel with arboretum on grounds. Free to walk around and also there is a big lake opersite side main road from hotel. Love vids mate, keep up good work. 😎😎
Very cool but I think that may be a Horse Chestnut sweet Chestnut flowers hang down whereas horse Chestnut are a spike that goes up. Also Sweet Chestnut bark is more deeply fissures usually and starts to twist with age.
Gotta love the beavers. I think enclosures particularly for some predator reintroductions will be the way its done. But remember rewilding is achievable on different scales, not all projects will be in accessible 🌿
A lovely video. I have been following with interest the movement for rewilding Britain, but from the safety of Australia I wonder if you would have done that walk if bears and wolves were at home there😬
@@LeaveCurious snakes and spiders here will do their best to avoid people. There are dingoes in some places here, but not where I live, and people have been attacked by them occasionally, possibly because over time the dingoes have become used to people who see them as domestic type dogs and have tried to interact with them in spite of the warnings not to. Bears and wolves would definitely worry me. I grew up in England and roamed the countryside where we lived with my friends. I can’t imagine doing that with bears and wolves around. I do love the idea of beavers though. I had no idea until recently that all these creatures used to live there.
Personally, I don't think I would have. That said, I grew up in this area. And if I had grown up with wolves and bears around, perhaps I would have grown up brave enough to do so! To be fair I've always felt like there may be an escaped big cat somewhere in the forest... lurking... watching... But I just tried to put that out of my mind. After all, it's unlikely. And I'm still scared of large dogs so...
I'm not against the idea of reintroducing Lynx though. They're not known for hurting people. And I'm a cat person haha. I would be a bit scared of a Lynx, but honestly I think geese are more terrifying.
I remember seeing a few old wooden watchtowers around the forest when going on bike rides with my dad. But I don't think many are left, if at all. I don't know if they were for watching wildlife, probably not, or for fires, or just for general forestry (logging) related work. Probably mainly the latter, that is why Thetford Forest was planted after all.
@@PiousMoltar Thank you for your additional insight. Although I'm busy with other things, however, my plan on becoming a watchman someday will always stay in my mind.
Brilliant informative video
Live in thetford, walk around forest all the time, love it.
If you want to see some bigger redwoods, go to lynford hall, it's a hotel with arboretum on grounds. Free to walk around and also there is a big lake opersite side main road from hotel.
Love vids mate, keep up good work. 😎😎
very nice place - Thetford Forest - super video, thanks
Have you been to Holkham woods on the north Norfolk
Very cool but I think that may be a Horse Chestnut sweet Chestnut flowers hang down whereas horse Chestnut are a spike that goes up. Also Sweet Chestnut bark is more deeply fissures usually and starts to twist with age.
Yeah looking back I think it was!
I just read shropshire are getting beavers,my only concern is rewilding will be behind locked gates.
Lebanon cedars can grow massively.
Gotta love the beavers. I think enclosures particularly for some predator reintroductions will be the way its done. But remember rewilding is achievable on different scales, not all projects will be in accessible 🌿
@@LeaveCurious I want to ride a bison or moose riding!
Hope the tiny redwoods in my windowsill will eventually get that big!
Good video mate 👍
Cheers! Haha, you may want to find them a new home by that point...
I’m afraid that was a horse chestnut, sweet chestnut do not bloom until the summer
Ah thank you, that's a good way of knowing!
A lovely video. I have been following with interest the movement for rewilding Britain, but from the safety of Australia I wonder if you would have done that walk if bears and wolves were at home there😬
I most certainly would have done yes! A walk in the wild in Australia would put me on edge a little bit more 🕷️ 🐍 thanks for watching 🌿
@@LeaveCurious snakes and spiders here will do their best to avoid people. There are dingoes in some places here, but not where I live, and people have been attacked by them occasionally, possibly because over time the dingoes have become used to people who see them as domestic type dogs and have tried to interact with them in spite of the warnings not to. Bears and wolves would definitely worry me. I grew up in England and roamed the countryside where we lived with my friends. I can’t imagine doing that with bears and wolves around. I do love the idea of beavers though. I had no idea until recently that all these creatures used to live there.
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Personally, I don't think I would have. That said, I grew up in this area. And if I had grown up with wolves and bears around, perhaps I would have grown up brave enough to do so! To be fair I've always felt like there may be an escaped big cat somewhere in the forest... lurking... watching...
But I just tried to put that out of my mind. After all, it's unlikely. And I'm still scared of large dogs so...
I'm not against the idea of reintroducing Lynx though. They're not known for hurting people. And I'm a cat person haha. I would be a bit scared of a Lynx, but honestly I think geese are more terrifying.
Went there few years back found some shrooms
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I am not sure if you'd be able to read this, but I want to ask: Do watchtowers exist in Thetford Forest?
To view wildlife? I think so!
@@LeaveCurious Thank you! I thought you wouldn't see this!
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I remember seeing a few old wooden watchtowers around the forest when going on bike rides with my dad. But I don't think many are left, if at all. I don't know if they were for watching wildlife, probably not, or for fires, or just for general forestry (logging) related work. Probably mainly the latter, that is why Thetford Forest was planted after all.
@@PiousMoltar Thank you for your additional insight. Although I'm busy with other things, however, my plan on becoming a watchman someday will always stay in my mind.