Beautiful exmoor ponies today, enjoying a refreshing drink in this lovely weather we have had! Just beautiful
Julie Kingdon, 20 September 2021
Exmoor Ponies above Porlock Bay
Tag: Exmoor Ponies
Rounding up Exmoor Ponies
On Sunday, 8 August 2021, the annual round up of the Tipparlake herd on Brendon Common took place. Many photographers shared their images with us. Here is a selection:
Photos by Shaun Corrie.
Photos by Dale Cherry.
Photos by Esme Buckley.
Photos by Jessica Chorley.\
Photos by Wendy Gammon.
Exmoor Ponies
Photos by Annette Baker, 25 July 2021
New life on Exmoor
The first foal of the year for the Anchor herd on Winsford Hill.
Photos by Dale C
Camouflaged
Photo by Aga Karmol Art.
Roe deer, blending in well. Photo by Ed Browning.
Ponies in the rain
A very wet Sunday morning for these beauties out on Exmoor.
Photos by Donna Cox Alsoomse.
Exmoor Ponies in the mist and rain
“A misty day on the moors and pouring with rain but, so worth it!”
Photos by Donna Cox Alsoomse
Exmoor Ponies on Winsford Hills
Dale Cherry went out to Winsford Hill in Exmoor National Park and found these beauties enjoying the winter sunshine at the beginning of January.
Exmoor Ponies in the Rain
I will tell you a wonderfull story of our last day in Exmoor National Park.
As I said it was the last day in the first days of September before heading back to Germany…
The weather forecast was really bad. Cloudy and rainy. We decided to go one more time to look at the herd, me and my group of photographers followed the last days. Not for making photos only to say goodbye to them. It didn´t take a long time to find them, because we know were they are yesterday. Because of the bad weather we mentioned that they do not have done so much wandering in the night. So it was. Unfortunately we found them it began to rain. The herd were heading in direction to the coastline and we followed them. Then it begins to be excited… The Ponies went into a forest with a lot of fern and began to eat this. The conditions for making photos are the worst. No light / brightness and rain🙂. Doesn’t matter we followed them… And then the ponies let us near to them they never did before. Saying to us: Come on human, come with us in the forest there is not so heavy rain. My serial of photos shows some of my favorites photos ever that I have done from the exmoor ponies. Never thought that on this rainy day I would make nearly 1000 photos. Enjoy!
Yours Martin Buschmann
P.S. Next year we will come back. Thank you to the wild animals and the friendly people of Porlock.
It begans to rain
Raining gets more heavy. The herd is gone into the forest.
Protection for the little ones – in the forest
Hey man.. you are also here? Come with us to forest 🙂 No rain there.
heavy conditions for photographing but i love this pic
Hurry up in the forest – heavy rain begins.
I am hungry.. You too man?
Hey I know you from yesterday
so cute
Hey stallion can you help me… the photographer from yesterday is already here..
Hello to stallion
äh who what…???ahh the photographer… don`t worry… this one only wants to play… he is harmless!!!
Wild Herd Whispering: New book out about Exmoor Ponies
Wild Herd Whispering is about the incredible Exmoor ponies as they reveal their true natures through the world of herd energy and dynamics.
“Starting with the dramatic winter arrival from the moor of a tiny five week old wild-born foal who faces the bleakest future, it is the big herd at Holt Ball Farm that decides how she will survive and thrive. The book follows the adventures of the ponies, revealing characters and behaviours that take you on a heart-rending, thought-provoking and enriching journey of equine enlightenment. This is an opportunity to catch up with adorable orphan Monsieur Chapeau and his friends and majestic stallion Bear, as their lives evolve and entwine with the wild herds of Exmoor. It follows the endearing, exciting and at times perilous experiences of the ponies – including unwelcome night time adventures, the quest to find foals lost in the wilderness and an entire moorland herd in jeopardy. With an expanding herd and challenges to face, author Dawn Westcott looks to the ponies themselves for help and inspiration: they in turn respond in a way that offers magical insights into what is going on in their hearts and minds.
This book is an invaluable reference for people interested in better understanding and winning the trust and friendship of ponies. It also highlights the challenges of safeguarding the endangered Exmoor ponies of Exmoor National Park.”
You can order your copy here: Wild Herd Whispering: How the enigmatic Exmoor ponies reveal what is in their hearts and minds
The first two volumes in the series are:
