Bushcraft Skills


track traps | methods of locomotion

Track traps

Finding tracks can be difficult when you first start out.  So looking for places where the tracks will be more visible can be useful.  Think of sandy ground, muddy ground, or even snow.  These places are known as track traps. You can also make your own track traps, sometimes by just clearing leaf litter out […]


How to prepare mackerel

Our hunter gatherer ancestors in the British Isles consumed plenty of fish, taking advantage of streams, rivers, coastal areas and lakes.  In fact some studies have concluded that up to 60% of a hunter gatherer’s diet was made up of fish. So in this short video I show how to gut and fillet a mackerel, a […]

How to prepare mackerel | bushcraft | Kent | London | south east

number of toes | methods of locomotion | Jack raven Bushcraft in BBC Wildlife Magazine

Number of toes

The table below shows the number of toes for common mammal species in the British Isles.  The list includes plantigrades and digitigrades but not ungulates.  Take a look at this post for more detail on different methods of locomotion in mammals. Species Fore foot Hind foot Badgers 5 5 Hedgehogs 5 5 Mice 4 5 […]


Badger latrines

Recently whilst wandering through our beautiful ancient woodland I spotted a couple of  badger latrines.  This is great, it means that badgers are around.  So I put together this short video to show you what a badger latrine looks like (warning – there’s a close up!) and why they dig them. We talk about and […]

badger latrines | tracking | wildlife | bushcraft | Kent

Preparing rosebay willowherb to make cordage | downy flower heads | tinders | bushcraft | fire lighting | Kent | south east | London

Preparing rosebay willowherb to make cordage

For me cordage is an incredibly important but often overlooked element of bushcraft.  In this video I show you how to go about preparing rosebay willowherb to make cordage.  It produces good quality, long fibres and is definitely one to practice. We cover preparing rosebay willowherb to make cordage on many of our courses, including the […]