For a little while now I've been thinking about really getting to know a "bushcraft" location. I like the idea of surveying an area fairly formally to record things like different species of flora and fauna, soil type, weather, etc. to start to learn how those things effect one another. I think that carrying out a survey like this over an extended period of time will really help me to improve my plant/animal ID skills and my nature awareness in general.
Having recently been granted access to a local area of private woodland I'm in an ideal position to get started on this project so I thought I'd ask for thoughts on the subject from other bushcrafters.
So, does anyone have any input?
Do you think it's a good or a bad idea? Why?
What things would you survey or would you like to see me surveying? Why?
What surveying methods do you think would be suitable or otherwise? Why?
What recording methods should I use? Why?
Any obviously pertinent questions that I've not though of? Why?
Any thoughts at all are welcome on this, I have a vague idea in my head of what I'll be looking at, how I'll be looking at it, and what I'll be doing with the information I've gathered but nothing's set in stone at all, plans are made to be altered.
Also, would anyone like to be involved in this project? Either getting involved in my survey or maybe doing one of their own in a different location?
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I look forward to hearing people's thoughts
Cheers,
Stuart.
Having recently been granted access to a local area of private woodland I'm in an ideal position to get started on this project so I thought I'd ask for thoughts on the subject from other bushcrafters.
So, does anyone have any input?
Do you think it's a good or a bad idea? Why?
What things would you survey or would you like to see me surveying? Why?
What surveying methods do you think would be suitable or otherwise? Why?
What recording methods should I use? Why?
Any obviously pertinent questions that I've not though of? Why?
Any thoughts at all are welcome on this, I have a vague idea in my head of what I'll be looking at, how I'll be looking at it, and what I'll be doing with the information I've gathered but nothing's set in stone at all, plans are made to be altered.
Also, would anyone like to be involved in this project? Either getting involved in my survey or maybe doing one of their own in a different location?
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I look forward to hearing people's thoughts
Cheers,
Stuart.