Woodlife Trails

Woodlife Trails was established to introduce and immerse participants into our woodlands, forests and the countryside, and provide them with unique nature-based woodland experiences through our Tracking and Bushcraft courses and programmes.. We also provide a number of nature, wildlife and tracking services.

Our aim is to guide you on a journey of discovery through the British woodland, heightening your awareness and enabling you to appreciate and get closer to its inhabitants.

As guides, we will quickly help you rediscover dormant skills enabling you to appreciate the woodland and potentially utilise its contents.

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Tracking and Bushcraft Courses

In association with the we will, firstly, provide a gentle introduction to woodlands and forests aimed at families and young adventurers.

These courses are also suitable for individuals such as wildlife/bushcraft enthusiasts, wildlife photographers, naturalists, rangers and those more used to the outdoors.

Content

On your journey you will be introduced to the natural resources the woodlands & forests have to offer (plantlore and treelore) and skills now commonly termed as bushcraft.

You will also be introduced to the ancient art of tracking and woodland awareness.

These sessions are designed to provide you with a woodland experience that will probably change your life.

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Next steps…

If you decide to continue your journey with us at a later date, we can develop your skills in any number of areas for example:

Woodland Crafts, Wilderness Camping, Countryman skills, Wilderness Awareness and Wildlife Tracking.

We will provide you with the skills, confidence and opportunity to fully immerse yourself into the natural environment with our Wilderness Immersion Course and advanced Wildlife Tracking and Bushcraft Skills courses.

We won’t just show you what… We Will Show You How.

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Groups

Groups such as conservation groups, family and family pairs (mother/daughter or father/son), school groups, youth groups, cadets and scouts, social groups, works groups or corporate organisations are welcome.

Sessions, courses & events have been designed not just for those wishing to explore and be comfortable in our woodlands but for those wanting to maintain or develop team/group relationships with other group members and promote or enhance leadership skills.

These programmes can be designed to be not only challenging to enhance decision making and managemement skills, but they are also designed to be enjoyable and fun. Alternatively, they can be tailored to provide a purely social event in a safe woodland environment.

We can tailor any course or session to your event requirements with our “pick and mix” Bespoke Courses.

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Your Guides…

Your guides* have a whole host of experience from qualified adult learning, armed-service & law enforcement training, counselling and countryman instructional backgrounds.

We have many years experience each of instructing bushcraft & tracking and many more years experience dealing with young people, families, adult and corporate groups.

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 Other Services

With a blend of ancient tracking skills, old-school naturalist methods and modern wildlife observation techniques we can provide you or your organisation with a number of services. This may include:

Wildlife consultancy, surveys and the identification of natural resources in your area.

We also provide training and education to a wide-range of organisations such as TV companies, schools, colleges or conservation groups. 

Our visit to your school, event or organisation could include  interactive talks and presentations with hands-on exhibits and/or a local walk in your local woodland.

You may wish to work with us to design a bespoke course or session, delivered locally or at one of our wonderful locations.

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Natural Learning Environment… For Young Adventurers (and others)

All our activities centre on an interaction with nature. We assist in identifying plants, trees, insects, and tracks & signs the animals leave behind on the woodland floor. We explain how natural resources were, and still are, used to our benefit. We can demonstrate a number of primitive skills including fire by friction and explain some fascinating aspects of prehistory in respect of hunter gatherers and historical geography relating to sustainable woodland and forest management.

We consider the outdoors a Natural Learning Environment. There’s no better place to learn not just about nature but a wide-range of personal and social issues. The outdoors is inspiring and engaging. It promotes self-awareness, self confidence and provides opportunities for the development of social and emotional skills. Participants of all ages develop a sense of well-being, self confidence and self-esteem.

Whatever the perceived risk of learning outdoors – it is fully outweighed bythe benefits.

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Forensic Tracking and SAR

With our vast expreience in the military and UK law enforcement, we can also offer training in tracking techniques for lowland Search and Rescue (SAR) organisations and training and or guidance/SME work for Forensic Tracking and searching of woodland , forest and other wilderness envirnments.

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What to do now…

Have a look at the rest of the items under this menu to see what we can, and have already provided. You can also follow this link to identify the course or session most suitable for your needs. Also feel free to contact us if you require more information.

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*Despite some people’s assertions that they are qualified Bushcraft Instructors, there is no recognised national Bushcraft Instructor’s qualification in the UK, although some courses may be accredited by external organisations.

All  Woodlife Trails staff are trained to educate and develop people as opposed to ‘instructing’ them.

We have a vast array of personal adult learning qualifications to match this ethos including a Master’s degree in Learning and Development, Cert Ed., NVQ’s in adult teaching and training, NVQ assessing and counselling skills.

Every staff member has had at least 5 years experience teaching outdoor skills with other bushcraft or tracking schools or has undertaken Woodlife Trails own exacting 5-year trainer programme.

We are all fully qualified in First Aid (HSE) and, of course, fully insured. Some of our courses have been approved by the National Trust.

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Registered in England and Wales at Companies House.

Company Registration Number: 7931032

Registered Office:

Headley House, 16A Orsett Road, Grays Essex, RM17 5DL

Contact Address:

Hatfield Forest, Essex, CM22 6NE

info@woodlife.co.uk