

The local prehistoric woodland was a great place to find food, including:
- herbs,
- nuts,
- berries,
- fruits and
- vegetables.
The hunter-gatherers had an amazing knowledge of the plants in their environment - for example they knew how to make nettle leaves into soup!
The reed beds and mudflats at Formby were a rich habitat for:
- seaweed,
- fish,
- crustaceans (shrimps, cockles and clams) and
- coastal plants such as samphire.
Stone age people could have added to their diet with the eggs of wading birds which nested in the reed beds.
![]() Woodland berries |
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![]() Crustacean (Shrimp) |
![]() Herbs (Sage) |
![]() Salt Marsh Samphire |
![]() Oystercatcher eggs |
![]() Nettle leaves |
Gatherers -