you may be lucky enough to spot a semi-feral Exmoor pony herd traversing the landscape, some of the mares with foals at foot. Seeing this charismatic ancient native breed in its natural ...

People are being urged to "connect with nature" at the launch of a two-week festival to celebrate Exmoor National Park. The ...

Rife with bright purple heather, golden wildflowers, and stretches of hawthorn painting the hills with white flowers and scarlet berries, Exmoor's natural landscape is spell-binding. Head to Great ...

The breed has been part of the landscape for generations ... "When I was a little child I always ride on the Exmoor pony and I said to my mum 'when I grow up I have to go to Exmoor to see them ...

Historically, the Exmoor pony has been used by the hill farmers ... but their long absence from the landscape has left a gap in natural grassland management. Exmoor ponies are able to thrive ...

In British agriculture, being a recognized breed, especially a rare breed like the Exmoor pony, is the ticket to ... ponies is their embeddedness in the landscape,” said Shultz.

Defra’s Landscape Recovery (LR ... author and founder of the Exmoor Pony Project. For Brendon Commoners on Exmoor, this means working with neighbouring land owners and farmers, the National ...

The Exmoor Pony is a hardy breed, which has been on the moor since ancient times A society established to protect the future of Exmoor ponies has set up a gene bank to help the ancient breed survive.

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The distinctive Exmoor pony is thought to closely resemble the original wild ponies that colonised Britain and Europe many thousands of years ago, after the last ice age. Today around 500 ponies ...