About DaN
Dan Puplett has had a passion for the natural world from an early age. He has been involved with a wide range of conservation and environmental education projects and worked for Trees for Life for over 11 years. His many roles at TFL included leading over 80 residential Rewilding Weeks in the Highlands, training Rewilding Week leaders and co-ordinating research and monitoring.
For over 40 years Dan has studied a variety of naturalist skills. He is one of a few people in Europe to achieve a Professional (100%) certificate in Track & Sign under the CyberTracker Conservation system (the international standard for evaluating wildlife trackers in the field). He scored 99% on a Track & Sign Specialist evalution and has a Level 3 certificate in Trailing. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Studies and an MSc in Environmental Forestry.
Dan is the author of the Field Studies Council Guide to British Bird Tracks and Signs and the new Guide to Mammal Tracks and Signs charts. He is a trainer for the Mammal Society, an Associate Tutor for the Field Studies Council, a guest instructor for the Aigas Ranger Training Scheme, and has been trained in-depth in naturalist and nature connection mentoring. He has also assisted with large carnivore research as a guide for Slovak Wildlife Society’s wolf and lynx tracking surveys. Dan is chair of the Scottish Wildlife Trust North of Scotland group and is a qualified Forest School Leader and Branching Out Leader.
