Most young people have an interest in the great outdoors. A surprising number have a real interest in British wildlife. Fieldcraft has the potential to thrill and excite young people and offers a golden opportunity to develop their interest. For educators therefore, it’s a rich theme to exploit in terms of acting upon a young person’s natural curiosity.

The Fieldcraft Skills course opens up this subject area in very successful ways. Through dynamic, fun, practical exercises, field study and activities that develop your sensory awareness, you will learn how to begin decoding the sign language in the natural environment in order to observe wildlife at close quarters. Fieldcraft demands that you pay very close attention and expert instruction will open your eyes to a whole new world of possibilities by immersing your senses into the sights, smells and sounds of wild Britain.

The Fieldcraft Skills course is an opportunity to sharpen your awareness and learn the skills and techniques to bring you to a level of intimacy with nature that you would not have thought possible.
Basic skills will be taught in the context of providing a safe but stimulating outdoor classroom.

This course is particularly suited to those who use a woodland habitat to give children a meaningful experience of nature eg. educators, teachers, forest school leaders, playworkers – in fact anyone who is looking for ideas to engage groups with the natural world.

The final course content is subject to the interests of the group but is likely to include most of the following:

Sensory Awareness
Understanding animal senses
Techniques to improve our senses
Observation Trails
Moving silently and unobserved
Recognising animal tracks and signs
Elementary Tracking

The course fee includes all equipment. The course will be held in an exquisite woodland setting near Moretonhampstead in Devon. Approx course times 9.30-4pm (confirmation on booking)

Course Leader - Chris Salisbury
Educator, trainer and storyteller, Chris founded WildWise after working for the Devon Wildlife Trust. After forging a working relationship with Ray Mears and John Rhyder, fieldcraft has become an important component in his work on courses around the world. Amongst many other qualifications, Chris has also been through the Forest School training programme.