Gather the learners and define clear boundaries for the activity.
Have an easy to use butterfly identification guide or app ready, and research common UK butterflies beforehand, including how they differ from moths and the best time and place to see them.
Mark out a twelve metre rope circle.
Mark out two lines about ten metres apart.
Before starting, carry out a risk assessment of the area.
Begin with the birds you already half know.
Choose binoculars with low magnification, around seven or eight times, and a large objective lens of forty two millimetres or more, for the best low light performance.
A flow chart field guide, often called a key, leads you to a name by asking a series of questions.
Head out on a minibeast hunt, thinking about the small creatures that quietly clear up the woodland floor, raking through leaves and other dead material while being hunted themselves by all kinds of o
Choose a sit spot in a sunny patch, at the edge between meadow and woodland, near a hedge, flowerbed or bramble patch, ideally in the morning or early afternoon when insect activity is highest.