Search results

Yep, great crested. The size indication you gave excludes all other British newts. They are protected & quite scarce here in Holland. Cheers, Tom

(the last) Part 3 Birecik/Euphrates After a long busride from Adana I arrived late at night in Birecik and booked in to a motel, West of the bridge crossing the Euphrates. At walking distance of the motel there are some nature areas where some species of wildlife occur that can’t be found in...

On the Demirkazik mountainside (I think it was at 2300 meters) it was chilly, 5 degrees C or so and we were close to te snow. I had expected it to be much colder but the weather turned out to be fine that very morning. In Birecik at the Euphrates river (coming up in part 3) it was hot, above 40...

Part 2; The Goksu delta After the mountain excursion the weather detoriated again but in the afternoon it got better and I was invited by the English birders to join them on a little ride, in search for two mountain bird species they had failed to find in the morning. The next day they were...

Part 1: Sultan marshes & Ala dag mountains (click on pictures to see them in a larger size format) From 30th of april till the 10th of may I was on a short solo holiday in Southern Turkey. I visited 4 area’s that were known for their wildlife and travelled by public transport. I arrived...

Fantastic post Ash! Are they the same as the badui? Cheers, Tom

These were used in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, here's a Swedish article about this method of firestarting: http://www.forntidateknik.z.se/IFT/litte/eldslag2.pdf And an earlier thread: http://www.forntidateknik.z.se/IFT/litte/eldslag2.pdf Cheers, Tom

I saw this a long time ago and it is an absolutely brilliant piece of film with lots of bushcraft in it. The part where they chase their game by running it to exhaustion on a very hot day is unbelievable. Cheers, Tom

Hi Delbach, I swapped the discs copies some years ago with you and with some other members as well. The first disc is the one with the 26 episodes that were taped by me on VHS and later transferred to disc. The other disc came from another member here, Bob. Here's an earlier thread on the...

Here's a tutorial on making a fire piston from hardware store material that I posted here long ago (I give workshops in making these in this manner at the Dutch bushcraftweekend meetings): http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35523 And here are some natural tinders that can be used...

Another clip of south seas fishing with spiderweb and kite as shown on a animal planet fishing program (select the clip called ´fishing with kite´): http://animal.discovery.com/videos/tribal-fishing-with-jeremy-wade

Spiderweb fishing in a survival/bushcraft setting: http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/general-survival/survival-spider-web-fish-net/ Cheers, Tom

That´s fantastic, thank´s for showing! It took me two pic´s to realise that the rock in the entrance was your cap ;) Cheers, Tom

Over at paleoplanet someone managed to make fire with an adaptation to the Gaucho brace drill method (video): http://www.bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40317 Cheers, Tom

Beautiful work Wayland and a stunningly coloured piece of wood! I made similar goggles out of coconut shell last winter: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66209&highlight= The three-hole-thingy, that I also made out of coconut shell, works great for adjusting the cord...

Flint & iron pyrites/marcasite! Works good in combination with (untreated) horse hoof fungus. Cheers, Tom

For fire piston use of Tragopogon seedheads: Only use the umbrella-shaped discs and discard the little stalks with the actual seed. Use some of the 'umbrella's' to form a fluffy ball and insert into the tinder cavity, then light them as you would with any other fire piston tinder. Well...

Wonderful pics again and a beautiful knife. I think your baseball sized fluffy seedhead is a Tragopogon species, good tinder that works even in a fire piston. Cheers, Tom

A sh?tty knife!?!?!?!?! You´re kidding... The first to film that himself would make a hit on youtube though... Cheers, Tom

Thank´s all for the nice words! Kerne, searching might take a while; most ermine moth species are very dedicated to one species of tree. I only found 2 trees covered in the whole park. There´s another park in my hometown that had more veiled trees (willow overthere) last year, if I have...