Essential
- Sturdy walking boots or wellies
- Wet-weather clothing (the forays go ahead despite the weather conditions)
- Old clothing (quite often the forays get into bramble and dense shrubbery)
- You may also want to dress to avoid ticks.
Optional
- A Competent Field Guide, if you have one
- A basket for collecting, a wooden trug, wicker basket or plastic tub, but not a carrier bag
- A small knife (but please note the Laws On Carrying Knives)
- A notebook and pen/pencil, to note down your finds so you will remember them when the list comes out
