Nature Identification Swatches

A few years ago my girlfriend surprised me by giving me a couple of Woodland Trust swatches as Christmas stocking fillers. However, they've definitely been more useful than your average stocking filler gift (Thank you Lucy)!

I originally had the Wild Flower swatch and the Leaf swatch, which I took with me on most walks as the images are really accessible being large and able to move around a central pivot really quickly. (It reminded me of being a child and collecting football stickers with the way you can quickly shuffle through each page! Got, Got, Got...Need!). This means that you don't necessarily need to stop your walk to identify your find as you do with a field guide because a quick shuffle will have you reading about the find within a few seconds. These swatches even come with good information on the obverse of each page of the item in question.

Here's the stock image of the Leaf swatch from the Woodland Trust website:



Last year the Woodland Trust created the Fungi swatch and the Butterfly swatch, which I requested for that Christmas! And already they've become required equipment for wildlife walks!

For more information and to buy the swatches, click here.

The Woodland Trust
The Woodland Trust are a charity that manage existing woodlands and create and help to create new woodland areas. They also act on behalf of interested parties (members and non-members) by campaigning for additional woodland, positive management of woodland outside of its control and for the protection of Ancient Woodland.
Most of the woodland conserved by the Woodland Trust is free to access.
To donate to the Woodland Trust and help them look after woodland for us and future generations, click here.
To find your local Woodland Trust wood, click here.