Track and Sign: A Guide to the Field Signs of Mammals and Birds of the UK
John Rhyder explores the world of British mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians through their tracks and other signs, including scat, feeding, damage to trees, dens, beds and nests, providing a fully explained and illustrated guide to the natural world around us.
Following years of extensive research from one of the UK's leading wildlife trackers, Track and Sign is illustrated with line drawings and photographs, making identification in the field effective and accurate for both the complete beginner and the expert naturalist.
John is a naturalist, woodsman and wildlife tracker, he is both founder and Head Instructor at Woodcraft School.
John has also worked and taught in arboriculture, conservation and habitat management. He has been teaching since 1994 making this a full time career since then. He is a lifelong naturalist and wildlife tracker and is certified through CyberTracker conservation as a Senior tracker, the first to be qualified to this level in Northern Europe.
John is also works as an evaluator assessing the CyberTracker system in this region. To expand his knowledge John has been certificated in Germany, Holland and Spain.
He is a qualified arborist and also holds a University certificate in Species Identification and Biological Recording specialising in mammals, reptiles, bats, fungi and woodland plants and trees.
John has been endorsed as an instructor in natural navigation techniques through Tristan Gooley and his school of natural navigation.
Track and Sign: A Guide to the Field Signs of Mammals and Birds of the UK
John Rhyder explores the world of British mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians through their tracks and other signs, including scat, feeding, damage to trees, dens, beds and nests, providing a fully explained and illustrated guide to the natural world around us.
Following years of extensive research from one of the UK's leading wildlife trackers, Track and Sign is illustrated with line drawings and photographs, making identification in the field effective and accurate for both the complete beginner and the expert naturalist.
John is a naturalist, woodsman and wildlife tracker, he is both founder and Head Instructor at Woodcraft School.
John has also worked and taught in arboriculture, conservation and habitat management. He has been teaching since 1994 making this a full time career since then. He is a lifelong naturalist and wildlife tracker and is certified through CyberTracker conservation as a Senior tracker, the first to be qualified to this level in Northern Europe.
John is also works as an evaluator assessing the CyberTracker system in this region. To expand his knowledge John has been certificated in Germany, Holland and Spain.
He is a qualified arborist and also holds a University certificate in Species Identification and Biological Recording specialising in mammals, reptiles, bats, fungi and woodland plants and trees.
John has been endorsed as an instructor in natural navigation techniques through Tristan Gooley and his school of natural navigation.