Guides

I’ve spent twenty-two years leading groups through some of the most unforgiving terrain in the UK, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s …

I remember standing on a peat bog in the Lake District three years ago, waist-deep in freezing sludge, trying to secure a dead hedge while …

I spent a decade as a ranger watching people spend hundreds of pounds on “biodiversity kits” and designer bird feeders, only to wonder why the …

I remember standing on a sodden ridge in the Cairngorms back in 2012, trying to explain to a group of hikers why we couldn’t use …

Most people think a “complete guide to tracking animals” involves buying a high-end thermal monocular or spending three months studying ancient woodland patterns, but that’s …

I’ve sat on too many ridges watching people spend two thousand pounds on a pair of glass that looks beautiful in a showroom, only to …

I remember sitting in a cramped, damp tent during a three-day soak in the Cairngorms, listening to the wind hammer against the flysheet and realizing …

Most people think a complete guide to birdwatching needs to start with a list of the most expensive Swarovski optics or a PhD in ornithology, …

I was crouched in a patch of gorse three years ago, my knees aching and my fingers numb from a biting Atlantic wind, waiting for …