this week, lara is doing something unusual. she has left the city to join someone special on a walk. she is in the new forest national park with wildlife tv legend chris packham. what a beautiful scene. tell me about this area. well, we re in the new forest national park here, which is famous for various habitats, its valley moors, its sandy lowland heath, but also, its ancient woodland, and there are a number of veteran trees here, a significant number, so we re talking about trees that are five, six, 6.5, maybe even 700 years old and because there s been woodland here for that amount of time, it means that it supports a lot of other life there s a great richness of biodiversity. the bird fauna here is really important too we ve got a number of national rarities. you can hear the birds this is not a sound i m used to, living in the city!
of time, it means that it supports a lot of other life there is a great richness of biodiversity. the bird fauna here is really important too we ve got a number of national rarities. you can hear the birds this is not a sound i am used to living in the city! no, what we got? hold on. we ve got a bit of robin going. a blue tit yeah, there s blue tits and great tits calling. i mean, it s a lovely, sunny, pre spring day. they re loving the sunshine and they re pumping out some song. but unfortunately, not all birds are left alone in their natural habitats and wildlife trafficking, mainly perpetrated online, is having a major impact on the world s biodiversity crisis. carl miller has been looking at the problem. we ve had catastrophic declines of whole suites
old and because there s been woodland here for that amount of time, it means that it supports a lot of other life there is a great richness of biodiversity. the bird fauna here is really important too we ve got a number of national rarities. you can hear the birds this is not a sound i am used to living in the city! no, what we got? hold on. we ve got a bit of robin going. a blue tit. yeah, there s blue tits and great tits calling. i mean, it s a lovely, sunny, pre spring day. they re loving the sunshine and they re pumping out some song. but unfortunately, not all birds are left alone in their natural habitats and wildlife trafficking, mainly perpetrated online, is having a major impact on the world s biodiversity crisis. carl miller has been looking at the problem. we ve had catastrophic declines of whole suites of bird communities.