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Survival Skillset

Lesson 9 of 12

Wild dangers in Britain: rutting deer, boar, birds, the shore and adders

40 min

A warm April morning on a heathland path. The sun has just reached a south-facing bank of dead bracken and heather, and you sit down on it for a drink. Something beside your hand moves: a thick, short snake, grey with a bold black zigzag down its back, lying flat to soak up the heat. It does not strike. It slides away into the heather. You were lucky, and so…

In this lesson

  • Deer in the rut and hidden young
  • Wild boar
  • Nesting birds: skuas, terns and swans
  • Coastal dangers: seals, weever fish and jellyfish
  • Adders
  • Snakebite first aid in the UK
  • Common mistakes
  • Check yourself
  • Key points

The rest of this lesson is in the full course

Every module, practical and exam, self-paced and private, with a certificate at the end.

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