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Wild Wise

Learning to live confidently with the wild

Who lives here, and how does this place work?

Meet your neighbours: plants, trees, birds and insects, the hazards and the helpers, and the web that ties them together.

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🃏 Includes a printable card set: every Wilding activity guide as an A6 card (four to an A4 sheet) to spread out, plan with or use for a lucky dip. See a sample

  • The ebook
  • 116 Wilding activity guides as printable PDFs
  • Templates and charts the Wilding activity guides need
  • A printable card set: every guide as an A6 card
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Safety first. Outdoor activities carry real risks. Each Wilding activity guide has safety notes, but you are responsible for yourself and anyone in your care. Supervise children, get permission, never eat anything you cannot identify with certainty, and only light fires where it is allowed and safe.

The Wilding activity guides in this collection

Create culture

Collecting natural curiosities

+ printableMaking fungal spore printsCreate cultureCleaning & preserving animal partsCreate cultureCleaning & preserving skulls & bonesCreate cultureCollecting plant specimensCreate cultureMaking & using a flower pressCreate cultureDrying flowersCreate cultureHow to make a leaf skeletonCreate cultureMaking a bark rubbingCreate cultureMaking a bark castCreate culturePreserving feathersCreate culture

Uncover nature's language

The five voices of birds

+ printableMy blackbird teacherUncover nature's languageRecord the robinUncover nature's languageBird behaviour matchingUncover nature's language

Awaken your mind's eye

Visual memory and observation

Journaling from field guidesAwaken your mind's eye

Imaginatively journal

Getting started with nature journalling

ObservationsImaginatively journalThe same but differentImaginatively journalDiagrammatic drawingImaginatively journalLine journalingImaginatively journal

Drawing techniques

PerspectivesImaginatively journalShadowsImaginatively journal

Types of nature journal

EthogramImaginatively journal+ printablePhenologyImaginatively journal

Dive into field guides

Using field guides and identification aids

Range mapsDive into field guidesUsing ID appsDive into field guidesVisual match field guidesDive into field guidesFlow chart field guidesDive into field guidesQuick reference field guidesDive into field guidesDeep dive field guidesDive into field guides

Learning from guides and local knowledge

Field guide thumbingDive into field guidesEldersDive into field guidesLoreDive into field guidesWords from the woodsDive into field guidesKnow your neighboursDive into field guidesField guide 5Dive into field guides

Building a local species list

Local species listDive into field guides

Finding wildlife and its habitats

Have a guessDive into field guidesHedges & other edgesDive into field guidesWhere do invertebrates hang out?Dive into field guidesWhere do fungi hang out?Dive into field guidesWhere do amphibians hang out?Dive into field guidesWhere do reptiles hang out?Dive into field guidesWhere do plants hang out?Dive into field guidesWhere do trees hang out?Dive into field guidesWhere do birds hang out?Dive into field guidesAsk a localDive into field guides

Nature exploration equipment

How to set up & use a pocket microscopeDive into field guidesHow to use a hand lensDive into field guidesHow to set up & use close up binocularsDive into field guidesHow to set up & use binocularsDive into field guidesHow to use a field scopeDive into field guidesSetting up a trail cameraDive into field guidesUsing a bat detectorDive into field guidesPhotographing wildlifeDive into field guidesUsing night vision aidsDive into field guides

scratch or sting

Meeting poisonous plants & treesDive into field guides

Fungi

+ printableFungi scavenger huntDive into field guides+ printableFungi familiesDive into field guides

Invertebrates

Recycling the wildDive into field guidesSpiders web huntDive into field guidesUsing a soft brush & spoonDive into field guidesHaving a closer lookDive into field guidesHow to identify an invertebrateDive into field guidesGall huntDive into field guidesExploring gallsDive into field guidesStalking a butterflyDive into field guidesHow to identify a butterflyDive into field guidesFlight pattern & pathsDive into field guidesHow to identify a mothDive into field guidesAttractionDive into field guides

Reptiles and freshwater wildlife

Reptile huntingDive into field guides

Exploring mammals

Bat walkDive into field guides

Exploring herbaceous plants

Looking for plant patternsDive into field guidesPlant familiesDive into field guidesLooking at plant stemsDive into field guidesFinding edible & poisonous lookalikesDive into field guidesLife cycleDive into field guides+ printablePlant pattern huntDive into field guides

Reading habitats and ecological connections

Lichen huntDive into field guidesMoss huntDive into field guidesWhat’s in wild water?Dive into field guidesSoil profileDive into field guidesWoodland layersDive into field guidesNature’s networkDive into field guidesYour community sharedDive into field guides

Exploring trees and woody plants

NeedlesDive into field guides+ printableHow to identify a tree by its leavesDive into field guidesHow to identify a treeDive into field guides+ printableWinter tree identificationDive into field guidesIntroduce a treeDive into field guides+ printableFind this treeDive into field guidesTree facesDive into field guidesLog matchDive into field guidesHeartbeat of a treeDive into field guidesHow old is this tree?Dive into field guidesMeasuring a treeDive into field guides+ printableDispersalDive into field guidesBerry scavenger huntDive into field guidesWind dancersDive into field guides

Exploring birds

The familiar 5Dive into field guidesBirding by earDive into field guidesBird audioDive into field guides+ printablesBird song matchingDive into field guidesDawn chorusDive into field guides+ printableHow to identify a bird using GISSDive into field guides+ printableHow to identify a bird using field marksDive into field guidesSilhouettes in the skyDive into field guides+ printableFlight patternsDive into field guides+ printableSeasonal bird feederDive into field guides+ printableNestDive into field guidesTerritoriesDive into field guides

Seashore animals and shells

RockpoolingDive into field guidesCrabbingDive into field guidesShell scavenger huntDive into field guides

Coastal plants and seaweeds

Seaweed huntDive into field guides

Seasons

Signs of springDive into field guides

Open your senses

Awakening your sense of vision

SpiralsOpen your senses

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