World Forests: December 2010

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sherwood Forest wallpapers

Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire, England, that is famous through its historical association with the legend of Robin Hood. Continuously forested since the end of the Ice Age,[1] Sherwood is today reduced to a 423 hectare[2] (1.63 square-mile) remnant surrounding the village of Edwinstowe, the site of Thoresby Hall. The wooded forest of today is a remnant of a much larger royal hunting forest, named as the "shire wood" of Nottinghamshire,[3] which in fact extended into several neighbouring counties (shires), bordered on the west along the River Erewash and the Forest of East Derbyshire.

Sherwood Forest wallpapers

Friday, December 17, 2010

Parkhurst Forest wallpapers

Parkhurst Forest is a woodland to the north-west of Newport, Isle of Wight (United Kingdom).
The site is partly a site of special scientific interest. It consists of both ancient woodland, relict heathland and plantation woodland. The woodland is freehold owned and managed by the Forestry Commission. It is 395 hectares in area and the second largest forest on the Isle of Wight. It is open to the public.
It is much used as recreational land and is a haven for wildlife including the Red squirrel and many species of bird such as garden warbler, nightjar, woodcock, green, great spotted woodpecker and long eared owl.
An industrial area is located off Forest Road within the Forest itself. Factories were located in this way during the Second World War to avoid German bombers. James I hunted deer in the forest. There are no longer any deer wild on the Isle of Wight.

Parkhurst Forest wallpapers

Brighstone Forest wallpapers

Brighstone Forest is located in the southwest of the Isle of Wight. It is the largest forest on the Isle of Wight, being just a few hectares larger than Parkhurst Forest. It is spread over a number of hilly ridges which form the backbone of the Isle of Wight. From west to east the ridges are Chessell Down, Westover Down, Brighstone Down, Newbarn Down, Rowborough Down and Idlecombe Down. The main entrance is located at grid reference SZ 419849. The forest lies close to the small town of Brighstone, and is part of the Isle of Wight AONB.
Shalcombe Down is an outlying block of woodland to the west of Brighstone Forest. The entrance to this block is located at grid reference SZ 395852.
Both woods are managed by the Forestry Commission under leasehold agreements - the total area is 482 hectares.

Brighstone Forest wallpapers

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Royal Forest of Dean wallpapers

Epping Forest wallpapers

Epping Forest is an area of ancient woodland in south-east England, straddling the border between north-east Greater London and Essex. It is a former royal forest, and is managed by the City of London Corporation.
It covers 2,476 hectares[1][2] and contains areas of woodland, grassland, heath, rivers, bogs and ponds. Stretching between Forest Gate in the south and Epping in the north, Epping Forest is approximately 19 kilometres (12 mi) long in the north-south direction, but no more than 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from east to west at its widest point, and in most places considerably narrower. The forest lies on a ridge between the valleys of the rivers Lea and Roding; its elevation and thin gravelly soil (the result of glaciation) historically made it unsuitable for agriculture.[3] It gives its name to the Epping Forest local government district which covers part of it.

Epping Forest wallpapers

Sunday, December 12, 2010

delamere forest wallpapers

Delamere Forest or Delamere Forest Park is a wood in the Cheshire West and Chester area of Cheshire, England, near the town of Frodsham. It includes 972 hectares (2,400 acres).

delamere forest wallpapers