Find a suitable pond with a safe spot to dip from, such as a wooden jetty at a nature reserve, ideally with plenty of plant life around its edges and within the water.
Before the session, pick a selection of large, non toxic leaves, such as sycamore, dock or burdock, and tear each one into several pieces, displaying the pieces of each leaf together as a puzzle.
Make a map of the community around your sit spot, including the sit spot itself, a neighbouring tree, and yourself.
Identify the tree species and look up its typical growth factor, the average increase in trunk diameter per year, which for common trees such as oak, ash, sycamore and beech is around one and a half t
Choose a location where birds are visible against open sky or a bright horizon, such as a park, wetland, woodland edge or garden.
Raise the magnifying lens close to your eye.
Choose an area with a range of ground, such as a valley side, a stream bank, a hedgerow and a hilltop.
Gather the learners and introduce them to field guides covering birds, wildflowers, trees and mammal tracking.
Hold the sweep net by its handle and walk slowly through long grass or low vegetation, swinging the net from side to side in a figure of eight motion, letting the rim brush through the tops of the pla
Choose a frequency on your detector suited to bat species that might live in your area.