Valley Mires, or bogs, are natural catchments of water in a valley bottom and have their own special communities of plants and insects.

Starting at the woodland edge, look for bog myrtle, a low growing evergreen shrub with a distinctive resinous eucalyptus-like smell that can be used to repel insects. Further along the path, look for the round-leaved sundew, a plant that feeds on insects using the red sticky hairs on its leaves to catch them.

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Mires are plentiful all throughout the new forest. During rainy season the areas become almost like lakes, making the route you are following or creating impossible.

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1. Brockenhurst Village — New Forest National Park

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2. Start of the Tall Trees Trail – Ober Heath loop from Brockenhurst

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3. Whitefield Moor Short — New Forest National Park

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Location: Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Valley Mires, New Forest National Park

1. Brockenhurst Village — New Forest National Park

2. Start of the Tall Trees Trail – Ober Heath loop from Brockenhurst

3. Whitefield Moor Short — New Forest National Park

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