Tees Valley Wildlife on the Map Wildlife Taster Days

Find out how to identify, monitor and film urban mammals including foxes, otters, hedgehogs and moles. Join Kenny Crooks from the Wildlife Trusts’ Wild Places project to gain observation and tracking skills. As part of this project Kenny has been experimenting with filming mammals over recent months. He will be able to give practical tips on how to capture mammals on film using night CCTV. During the session we will be setting up cameras, viewing film footage and emptying humane small mammal traps.

As summer flowers fade, seeds and fruit ripen. During this practical workshop with the Wildflower Ark we will be taking a closer look at the diversity of seed heads and leaf forms and how they provide a valuable plant identification tool. Please bring a picnic lunch.

This introductory session led by members of the Teesmouth Bird Club will enable even the armchair observer to make their daily bird sightings count. With an introduction on how to identify birds, covering terminology, flight patterns, and bird song the day will also introduce participants to the range of bird surveys and monitoring schemes recording schemes that rely on the records of volunteers. Please bring a picnic lunch.