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Wild North DiscoveryBushcrafts, wild food foraging, birdwatching, wildlife, nature and ancient craft skills in North East England and the North West Highlands of Scotland |
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| Thirty
years sharing skills, knowledge and enthusiam in
the natural world
from bushcrafts and wild food foraging to wildlife watching and ancient
crafts, with young and old alike Here's what people are saying about Wild North Discovery's actvities: Brilliant
– loved it! Inspiring and interesting Fantastic way to begin foraging learning. Great teacher and very interesting Good family session – cool, epic and awesome apparently Enlightening. Will make me look at the wild in a whole new way Really useful and interesting. Gave me the confidence to try for myself Superb |
Gift VouchersThe
ideal present; buy a half or full day activity gift voucher
open
for use on any of our activities emailed direct to you.
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| Watch survival skills expert Bruce
Ferguson of Wild North Discovery sharing some of his foraging skills
with Robson Green on Further Tales from Northumberland. Bruce has been foraging for wild food for more than thirty years. Join him on one of the seasonal public wild food foraging sessions he runs each year or book him for a date that suits you. |
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Activities run from half a day to a full week for two or more people - see the range of activities below. Join one of our programmed activities or book your own for a day and time that suits you. In addition to running our own activites near Frosterley in Weardale and at other venues in the North East we also work in partnership with the Forestry Commission and Northumbrian Water Ltd to deliver activities for them at Hamsterely Forest, Kielder Castle and Leaplish at Kielder Water and Forest Park. See the events/workshops section. | |||||
Bushcrafts |
Hunger Games training |
Foraging for wild food |
Children's parties |
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| Develop skills and knowledge in the full range of bushcraft activities including basic fire lighting, fire by friction, fire in wet conditions etc....... find out more about bushcraft | Are you of reaping age? Would you survive the Games? Learn all the skills you'll need to get you through........ find out more about Hunger Games | Find out what's edible and what's not. There are many wild plants and fungi that are excellent to eat but ........... find out more about foraging for wild food | Choose from Wild Bushmen (bushcrafts), Wildlife Antics (a series of wildlife and nature games) or Nature Detectives ...... find out more about our children's parties |
Bruce Ferguson has
been sharing his
passionate interest in the natural world with young and old alike for
three decades. Working as a professional naturalist since 1985
he is a knowledgeable and skilled environmental interpreter as well as
a qualified biologist, botanist and keen birdwatcher. He has
been
involved in
woodcrafts and bushcrafts since 1987. "Originally
with two years at agricultural college and after employment as a
shepherd and stockman I moved to work in countryside management in 1985. |
Birdwatching, wildlife and nature |
Greenwood turning and willow basketry |
The International Dark Sky Park |
Programmed events and workshops |
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| On a guided wildlife activity we'll share our 30 years of expertise with you. The north east is a brilliant place for ........ find out more about birdwatching and wildlife tours | Learn the ancient skills of greenwood turning on a pole lathe or willow basketry. Both are ancient skills practiced for thousands of years ......... find out more about greenwood turning on a pole lathe and willow basketry | Huge tracts of Northumbe- rland are now designated as internationally important dark skies - absolutely perfect for star gazing ....... find out more about our Dark Skies star gazing sessions | We run the events programme for the Forestry Commission and also run activities for Northumbrian Water at Leaplish, Kielder .......... find out more about our programmed activties | |
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