In late spring and summer, listen for the insistent, repeated calls of young birds begging for food.
Gather the group and ask them to get into pairs.
Choose a bird species and decide whether you are male or female, then head to a sit spot and settle into silence.
This is a playful way to draw out what a group really thinks is going on.
Find an edge habitat, such as a footpath running alongside cover.
Prepare two sets of cards.
Gather the group at the edge of a pond or other still water and ask them to face away from it.
Gather the group somewhere with plenty of bird activity, such as a park, woodland, meadow or waterside.
Gather the group and explain that they will be trying to feel the rings of sound spreading out from a drum somewhere in the landscape.
As you move through a natural space using a stalking gait such as the heron, weasel or wild cat, choose moments to suddenly stop and hold completely still, as if you have sensed danger.