John Rhyder

John is a wildlife tracker, naturalist and woodsman, he is both founder and Head Instructor at Woodcraft School.

John has also worked and taught in arboriculture, conservation and habitat management. He has been teaching since 1994 making this a full time career since then. He is a lifelong naturalist and wildlife tracker and is certified through CyberTracker conservation as a Senior tracker, the first to be qualified to this level in Northern Europe. John is also works as an evaluator assessing the CyberTracker system in this region.

John is one of the most experienced authorities in the field of bushcraft in the UK with an impressive pedigree in this arena  He is the originator of the first accredited bushcraft and related programmes in the UK. John has also been lucky enough travel widely and has studied and led bushcraft, tracking and wildlife tours across Europe and Scandinavia and has tracked wildlife in Africa and the USA.