So, so beautiful and the colours are unbelievable.’ ‘Thusnewmexico’ agrees, adding: ‘It was a little eerie how thick the forest was, but also mesmerising and magical, almost like little ...

During the rainy and humid summer nights, a frantic dance of males in search for a female to mate with creates a dreamlike show, filling the dense and dark forest with colour for about 40 minutes.

A forest dubbed the “most magical in the UK” is being compared to the enchanted backdrops of New Zealand, from the iconic Lord of the Rings trilogy. There’s no shortage of beautiful ...