This Introduction to Tracking is a day devoted to the art of animal tracking. Whether you want to brush up on skills or are a complete novice this will be a course to remember. Introduction to Tracking will cover all of the basics as well as give you plenty to work on in your own time. Covering aspects of animal identification, movement, track aging, feeding and scent signs as well as animal habits.

Based in a beautiful woodland on Dartmoor at this wonderful time of year, immerse yourself in the dappled light and hunt for signs of our fellow wild creatures.

There will be plenty of time to walk and test your new found skills as well as meet and discuss your findings with like-minded people.

Location: This event will take place at a beautiful wild woodland site near Bovey Tracey, on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon.

Times: 10am - 4pm

Course Leader - Martin Prothero
The course will be taught by artist and naturalist Martin Prothero, whose professional background requires him to spend considerable time outdoors interpreting the tracks, signs and language of animals. His artist residencies and projects have gained him an international reputation as a skilled outdoorsman and a passionate advocate for the natural world.