Beowulf Bushcraft

From the woodland

A look at the work, the woodland, the kit, and the moments — 48 photographs from Greyfield Woodlands. No faces, full of life.

48 photographs

Participants holding the Beowulf Bushcraft flag at Greyfield Woodlands

Hand holding a bracket fungus from deadwood

Wooden table with mugs, water bottle and tea cosy in front of woodland

Two pairs of hands dressing pheasants at a workbench

Earthstar fungus opened on the woodland floor

Blue enamel mug of tea held in sunlit pine woodland

Pine needles, ginger and cinnamon laid out for foraged tea

Homemade wooden board game with stone counters in play

Acoustic guitar resting against a tree in sunlit woodland

Person in a Beowulf Bushcraft sweatshirt sitting on a log in the woods

Person in a Beowulf Bushcraft sweatshirt holding an enamel mug

Waterproof map case with paracord and woodland kit

A small campfire with marshmallows on sticks around it

Marshmallows on sticks roasting over orange flames

A wild pony standing in misty moorland grasses

Navigation kit laid out: compass, map, paracord and notebook

A pheasant in a clear bag resting on woodland ground

Hand placing a red stone counter on a homemade wooden game board

Adult hands preparing a pheasant with a bushcraft knife

Two hands preparing a pheasant carcass with a knife

Adult rucksack beside a tray of children's outdoor toys with pink wellies in the background

Camouflage rucksack on a log in sunlit pine woodland

Concrete trig point on a hilltop with a map case

Sliced wild mushrooms beside a bushcraft knife

Homemade wooden board game with stone counters on a picnic table

A campfire of stacked logs smoking gently in a green woodland clearing

A small twig fire with billy-can and rucksack set up in sunlit woodland

Child's hands holding a curl of birch bark over grass

Leaves and kindling catching flame over birch bark

Tarp shelter and toy figures arranged on the woodland floor

Child's hands holding two clumps of moss

Child striking a ferro rod beside a teepee fire-lay in the woods

Child's hands drawing a game board on wood with chalk and a ruler

Children's hands playing a homemade wooden board game with stone counters

Child drawing on bark with charcoal, seen from behind

A log being shaved on a stick brace, set up for whittling

Cotton tinder bundle laid in a stone fire ring

Hand holding a stack of charred char-cloth squares

Bulrush seed heads bursting with downy seed fluff in spring grass

Hands preparing a tinder bundle of dry plant fibre

Hand holding a knapped flint flake

A bunch of foraged wild garlic with roots attached

Compass laid on an Ordnance Survey map of the Mendip Hills

Game meat cooking on a plancha over an open fire

Beowulf Bushcraft route card with compass over an Ordnance Survey map

A wild rabbit laid out on a workbench for game preparation

Two pheasants beside a knife on a workbench, ready for game preparation

Salted animal hides laid out on a wooden surface for tanning

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