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How To Make A Needle From Bone
Adam Logan shows us how to make a sewing needle from deer bone, using a delicate and primitive technique. With this method, you too will be able to make your own needle from sourcing your own bone, to creating the right shaped needle for the job in hand.
A film for woodlands.co.uk
How To Make A Wooden Kazoo
Here Colin Manning from Creative Outdoor Learning shows us how to make a wooden Kazoo using a folding saw and some green Hazel in under 5 minutes.
A film for woodlandsTV by Rose Dunster and Emily George
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Mesolithic Flint Knapping: The tortoise shell core
Andrew Packer from Dartmoor Wildcrafts demonstrates one of the chief tools used to create flint blades in the Mesolithic age, the tortoise shell core.
The Beavers of Bamff
Louise Ramsay shares with us a brief history of how the beavers came to Bamff and why they wanted beavers there in the first place. We also learn some of the dangers to beaver families and what we can do to help monitor and prevent their persecution.
A film for WoodlandsTV by Jemma Cholawo.
Beavers and Biodiversity
Did you know that beavers have a ripple effect on the biodiversity of their habitat? The way they change and manage the landscape creates a haven for wildlife and the ecosystem as a whole, including small mammals, birds of prey, plants, trees and lichens, invertebrates and water-dwellers. Thanks again to Louise Ramsay and the Bamff Estate in Perthshire.
A film for WoodlandsTV by Jemma Cholawo.
Beavers and Trees
We return to the Bamff Estate to see some sculptural examples of how the beavers have affected trees on the Estate, and what to do if you don't want your trees to be nibbled by beavers.
A film for WoodlandsTV by Jemma Cholawo.
Beavers and Water
Louise Ramsay, Co-owner of the Bamff Estate in Perthshire, explains how the marvellous beaver can help us fight the effects of climate change by mitigating both flood and drought, and actually purify the water that flows through their dams.
A film for WoodlandsTV by Jemma Cholawo.
Making Charcoal
Matthew Lloyd from Survival School Bristol guides us through the process of making charcoal in an octagonal shaped kiln. He talks about the history of this traditional process and even tells us the origin of the one legged stool - a tool designed by charcoal burners to stop them from falling asleep whilst watching over the fire.
A film for woodlands.co.uk by Rose Dunster and Emily George
Sustainable Living at Cherry Wood
The Cherry Wood Project is a sustainable woodland management project. In this film we talk to Tim Gatfield who founded the project and talks us through the importance of sustainable living and how he incorporates sustainable principles in his woodland. Find out more about the project here: https://cherrywoodproject.co.uk/about/