Prepare a small area, such as a box or a managed patch of ground, where you can make and observe tracks over several days.
Choose a natural area with good bird activity, such as a park, woodland or wetland, and aim for early morning or late afternoon when birds are most active.
Cut a stick to about one metre long.
Find an area of undisturbed grass, leaf litter, dust or grit, and carry out a risk assessment before starting.
Collect fresh feathers you find in a wild space.
Choose a piece of sign other than a footprint to study over time, such as a scrape mark, a feeding site, or a scent mark.
As you explore a landscape, use natural clues such as the position of the sun, the stars, the shape of the land and the geology to build a sense of how this place has changed over time and how you are
Find two successive tracks that you believe come from the left foot and right foot of the same animal or person.
Before the session, set up a camping crime scene showing signs of someone who camped without respect for nature, such as partially burnt logs, a broken green branch, a cut guy line on a tree, plastic
When you come across a feather, or a scattering of feathers, ask yourself whether the bird was moulting or became a meal.