Deepening your Wildlife Observations
Join us for a day of fun and easy activities to help you notice and discover more about the wildlife around you.
Keeping a nature diary of the wildlife you see is an easy and rewarding activity. The simple process of carefully recording your observations helps you to take note of things that you might otherwise miss. It sharpens and focuses your observational skills, whether you’re a seasoned wildlife spotter or a complete beginner, as well as giving you a reliable record to refer back to.
In this workshop, based on methods developed by John Muir Laws, you will learn to:
- Get more out of nature observation using three simple prompts you can use in any situation.
- Illustrate your observations with drawings and sketches.
You need no previous experience or artistic talent – the skills you need will be developed through the workshop. You don’t need to know a lot about nature either!
This event is suitable for adults, and young people aged 14+
About Richard
Richard Penrose is an ecologist and educator living in South Wales. He enjoys the process of identifying plants, animals and fungi in the field, and working out how they interact. He has led field-based courses in Wales, England, Spain and South Africa, tutors an online introductory botany course for the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland and first led nature recording and sketching workshops for his local Wildlife Trust in June 2019. He has noticed that those who closely observe wildlife are most likely to enjoy, value and protect it.
This event has been funded by the White Rose Forest through their Trees for Climate programme, part of the Government’s Nature for Climate fund. The White Rose Forest is the Community Forest for North and West Yorkshire, and provides support and funding for woodland creation across the region as well as initiatives that bring people and nature closer together.
