Monthly Archives: April 2014


Chinese Savoury Pancakes

Ingredients A good handful of ramsons, shredded 1 handful of hogweed shoots 2 medium carrots, diced 2 red chillis, finely chopped 2 cups of flour 360 mls of water ½ tsp of salt 2 eggs Olive oil How to make the Chinese Savoury Pancakes In a large bowl, combine the flour, eggs, water and salt […]

Chinese savoury pancakes

Bluebells in spring

The bluebells are early

Whilst every year is different, this year it certainly feels as if spring is early.  We’ve had bluebells out now for a couple of weeks and I normally associate them with May Day.  Whilst the storms and accompanying floods were devastating for many people, winter was generally a mild affair and I wonder if this […]


Birds in the camp

We put out fat balls and wildflower seeds in and around the camp to look after the local bird population.  Here are a selection of photos we’ve taken of some of the birds that we’ve seen.  None of them are rare, but it’s still a great joy to see and hear them when we’re out […]

Birds in our ancient woodland camp

Fallow deer and badger hair

Fallow deer and badger hair

On our Tracking & Nature Awareness course we look at all kinds of sign with our students, including prints, scat, feeding sign and various discard such as hair.  In this blog post I said that we had some very knowledgeable people on our last course.  Well one of them works for National Museum Wales and was able […]


Tracking course March 2014

We ran our Tracking & Nature Awareness course at the weekend.  I had a great time and also learnt a lot from the students.  On most courses I learn something new from the people who come along, but this time we had some very knowledgeable people join us and it was a pleasure to spend […]

Tracking course in Kent