Before the session, without the group knowing, put on each type of footwear you have brought and make a set of three tracks with each one in a substrate that holds a print well, such as moist clay soi
Look for mammal hairs caught on low level barbed wire, around animal homes, or on bedding areas.
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.