Bug Hunting Explorer Kit:
Fed up with all the useless gimmicky plastic 'land fill' that is currently on the market I got together with a good buddy of mine and an educational toy manufacture and developed a 'real' bug hunting kit for real bug hunters!
It contains everything a young (and not so young) entomologist might need. As well as theessential stash of collecting pots, handy specimen tubes and boxes you also get 'cricket tongs', forceps, a paintbrush, a pooter, a proper hand lens and a notebook and pencil. It comes with an instruction booklet to explain it all and a mini book with loads of ideas to get you going and a handy bag to sling over your shoulder. Happy bugging.

Animal Tracking Explorer kit:
With the same team as made the bug hunting kit, this one is the perfect box for the budding nature detective. It explains how to tracks and trail a variety of wildlife and contains the materials you need to make casts of footprints and analyse the clues left behind from feathers, dropping and feeding signs. It comes with among other things, specimen tubes, bags and jars, magnifying hand lens, forceps, notebook and pencil, a clear instruction manual, a booklet full of ideas on how to set about becoming a 'class A' animal tracker and a shoulder bag to sling it all in when you go out tracking.

Pond and Rockpool Explorer Kit:
The world under the surface requires a very different set of skills and equipment to explore it properly and in the same vain as the other explorer kits this one gives you the right tools for the job. Obviously there is a net for dipping as well as a host of other tools of the trade from a small portable tank with a lid that doubles as a sorting tray, very useful pipettes, spatulas and spoons as well as the essential magnifying pocket lens and notebook and pencil. The kit like the other comes with simple clear instructions and a booklet with loads of ideas to get you started, Oh, did I mention that it comes in a handy shoulder bag too?

© Nick Baker 2009