This is the ultimate wildlife / wilderness course! A whole weekend of immersion into England’s forests and woodlands getting close-up and personal with it’s inhabitants. Includes night tracking, use of dark adaption techniques and use of night vision equipment. This is suitable for individuals over 16. It is suggested that participants have some experience of wild camping.

During the course you will be shown fundamental tracking techniques, wilderness awareness and field-craft techniques to enable you to get up close and personal with the woodland and forest inhabitants. You will also be shown how identify homes, trails and runs. You will be able to set wildlife camera traps and, of course, see the results.

The evenings will be spent observing wildlife using a variety of techniques including night vision equipment and dark adaption techniques. You will also obtain the knowledge to lay-up and observe the wildlife at very close-quarters (of course, there are no absolute guarantees!) Your immersion into the wilderness also involves time alone, away from the trappings of the modern world. We will help you to become quickly absorbed into the woodland.

Although we have a base-camp you will be staying out alone in the Forest on Saturday night. We suggest you bring a spare tarp or shelter. This sounds like a survival course but it isn’t. The trick is to remain comfortable while immersing yourself in the woodland and forest. You will finish the course with a new outlook and sense of peace.

“…It really was an AMAZING weekend i have come away with so much more understanding of nature, and a huge toolkit to use when i’m out watching Wildlife…” (see other testimonials here)

The course includes:

Making the most of what we’ve got – Using our senses in the woods

Animal senses

Dark addition techniques

History of tracking

Tracking and tracking techniques

Compression shapes

Feeding and other signs

Homes, trails and runs

Field-craft techniques

Introduction to the use of camera traps

Getting close to wildlife: Baits, calls, and attractants

Wildlife observation techniques – How to get close

Use of local woodland resources

Bird dynamics

Sketch mapping

Introduction and use of night vision equipment

Erecting quick shelters and advice for wild camping