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Many species if allowed can live to a very great age, theoretically trees can carry on living almost indefinitely.

The ‘Tracker’, it’s an evocative word conjuring images of frontier life, indigenous tribes and man hunters.

Without doubt ‘shelter’ is one of the prime considerations when spending any time outdoors.

Despite the vagaries of the British weather, the sussex plant community seems to carry on regardless with a host of new life pushing through.

In the wild diet starchy carbohydrates are difficult to find at least in the woods and hedgerows and in any meaningful quantities.

It may well be considered a strange and even bizarre claim to fame but as result of my natural history study and interest.

If asked to imagine the process of tracking, most would conjure a line of footprints and a buckskin clad mountain man with his nose to the ground.

Together with the obvious, making food and water safe, fire also acts as a focal point and a morale booster.

Interest in bushcraft and the outdoors has grownto the point where it has almost become an obsession.

Latin has been used for the naming of all things natural mainly because it is no longer spoken and can therefore no longer evolve and change.

Hedgerows are an artificial habitat most of which were created in the 18th century as modern agricultural practices began to form.