Countdown to the Forest Tracker Course

The finishing touches are being put on the latest in our tracker courses; the Forest Tracker.

The Forest Tracker course to be held this weekend will be a pilot to see if everything works out. Our discerning clients will be none other than the Woodlife Trails crew and selected trackers from around Britain.

Expectations will be high and there will be little room for error. So, what can the participants expect?

This tracker course focuses not only on the delivery of some new tracking techniques especially designed for British woodland environments but it will concentrate on surveillance and trailing techniques. Throw in a new Immersive Zone-in Technique, some paleo-movement, sensory tracking and bird-track ID and it promises to be an interesting weekend.

Putting this into practice is key and a special exercise where participants will be trailing wildlife for an extended period has been developed which we believe will enhance senses to new heights or should I say return them to what they were 12,000 years ago.

Difficult? You bet it will be but then again this is a level 3 advanced course. Good luck to everyone coming along.

Countdown to the Forest Tracker Course

The finishing touches are being put on the latest in our tracker courses; the Forest Tracker.

The Forest Tracker course to be held this weekend will be a pilot to see if everything works out. Our discerning clients will be none other than the Woodlife Trails crew and selected trackers from around Britain.

Expectations will be high and there will be little room for error. So, what can the participants expect?

This tracker course focuses not only on the delivery of some new tracking techniques especially designed for British woodland environments but it will concentrate on surveillance and trailing techniques. Throw in a new Immersive Zone-in Technique, some paleo-movement, sensory tracking and bird-track ID and it promises to be an interesting weekend.

Putting this into practice is key and a special exercise where participants will be trailing wildlife for an extended period has been developed which we believe will enhance senses to new heights or should I say return them to what they were 12,000 years ago.

Difficult? You bet it will be but then again this is a level 3 advanced course. Good luck to everyone coming along.

WIC October 2013

Once again we had a great Wilderness Immersion Course at Hatfield Forest last weekend.

The weather wasn’t too kind to us and it poured both Friday and Saturday nights but there was enough of a dry period to allow us to do some sessions on the trail during Saturday.

With mist and fog on Saturday night and the rain I didn't really expect much in the way of sightings ; but during the Sunday debrief I was proved wrong as sightings and of badger, fox and fallow came in. We populated our sound map with tawny owl calls, mutjac barks, and badger territorial fighting to name but a few.

A tracking walk turned into a fungal foray as JP expertly guided everyone through the ins and outs of ‘shrooming. At one spot we counted in the region of 15 different species of mushroom.

Many thanks to the participants, John, Ian, Andrew and Jen and of course to the regular crew who provided camp administration and delivered some excellent sessions.

WIC October 2013

Once again we had a great Wilderness Immersion Course at Hatfield Forest last weekend.

The weather wasn’t too kind to us and it poured both Friday and Saturday nights but there was enough of a dry period to allow us to do some sessions on the trail during Saturday.

With mist and fog on Saturday night and the rain I didn't really expect much in the way of sightings ; but during the Sunday debrief I was proved wrong as sightings and of badger, fox and fallow came in. We populated our sound map with tawny owl calls, mutjac barks, and badger territorial fighting to name but a few.

A tracking walk turned into a fungal foray as JP expertly guided everyone through the ins and outs of ‘shrooming. At one spot we counted in the region of 15 different species of mushroom.

Many thanks to the participants, John, Ian, Andrew and Jen and of course to the regular crew who provided camp administration and delivered some excellent sessions.