Join expert botanist John Handley for a one-day course focused on vegetative grass identification at Wilder Doddington. Grasses are found across every British habitat and act as key indicator ...

Join expert botanist John Handley for a one-day course designed to help ecologists build confidence in recognising the ‘top ten plant families’, the groups that make up around 80% of the species most ...

This hands-on course provides participants with an understanding of a systematic approach to training and is ideal for anyone who delivers training to internal staff, volunteers or external partners, ...

Whether you’re a site manager, conservationist, wildlife gardener or ecologist, this session will equip you with the practical knowledge to create, improve and manage urban ponds for amphibians and ...

This course will focus on how to identify the key indicator species for improved and semi-improved grasslands, floodplain meadows, calcareous grasslands, acid grasslands, dry and wet lowland heath and ...

This comprehensive, intermediate 3-day course is designed to equip participants with the essential skills for conducting a baseline Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) assessment and discuss how to tackle the ...

This 2-day course will introduce learners to indicator plant species of Lowland Priority Open Habitats using botanical keys to enable recognition. As we observe and discuss indicators for degraded or ...

This beginner course is designed to give ecologists the foundational botanical skills that are essential for accurate habitat surveying using UKHab and NVC. You will learn useful techniques to help ...

This inspiring course combines our Bats and Woodland Management Foundation e-Learning session with a one-day in-person session, which includes a 2.5-hour interactive site visit, exploring Potential ...

This introductory online QGIS course will introduce GIS and how it works, as well as an introduction to QGIS as an open software option. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) underpin much of our ...

From this self-led course, you will gain an understanding of a range of grassland habitats found in the UK. This course acts as an introduction to different grassland types, allowing you to obtain ...

This self-led course equips participants with essential identification skills for studying freshwater invertebrates. Providing an introduction to the main taxonomic groups commonly found in the UK’s ...

This self-led course is designed to give learners an overview of the fundamentals that underpin the biodiversity metric and Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG.) On completion, learners will understand key ...

Join the Climate FORTH team for a lunchtime webinar session on how they have developed and used Virtual Reality as a communications tool for speaking about landscape change within the Inner Forth area ...

This free webinar is aimed at anyone with an interest in working towards a sustainable future for farmers and wildlife. We welcome farmers, students, naturalists, conservation professionals, ...

Join our immersive Nature Skills Camp and spend a week exploring ecology, rewilding, wildlife, and practical conservation in the beautiful landscapes of South Devon. Designed specifically for ...

This entoLEARN webinar will cover the identification, ecology, habitats and distribution of the ten species of froghopper currently known to occur within the UK. By the end of the presentation, ...

This 2.5 day intermediate course explores a range of botanical skills that open up the world of plants for identification and surveying. Core botanical skills are essential for successful surveying of ...

If you're interested in learning how to record plants, then this one's for you! This beginners' event will focus on plants of aquatic and wetland habitats at the margins of the Derrychara playing ...

BSBI's Botanical Skills Northern Ireland Project is holding an in-person training session on Bramble Identification for Beginners on Saturday 20 June. There will be an indoor session in the morning ...

This training day will give participants the confidence to identify a wide range of grasses at a time of year when many of them are not flowering. Throughout the day several species will be repeatedly ...

A course to help participants get to grips with arable plants, learn different conservation techniques and arable management options. A one-day course giving participants familiarity of several common ...

This entoLEARN webinar will explore the species of ant within the genus Formica that occur in the UK. Gary Skinner will explore aspects of their ecology, behaviour, distribution and identification. ...

In this introductory webinar, Martin Lines (Farmer and CEO of the Nature Friendly Farming Network) explores why farming with nature is better for our businesses, our environment and is also the most ...

Secure the future of our natural world tomorrow by surveying wildlife today. The part-time Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques is a dynamic blend of online modules and hands-on ...

Spend 12 weeks with Ambios on an immersive learning journey, where you will gain a deeper understanding of nature and develop the practical skills, knowledge, and confidence to pursue your dream ...

Test your botanical knowledge with a BSBI Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC). The FISC is a test that determines your botanical skill level on a scale from 1 (beginner) to 5 ...

Explore the world of European beavers in the UK and put into practice what you have learned in an outdoor beaver survey. The aim of this course is to give an introduction to beavers and surveys ...

An online training day on the UK Habitat Classification (UKHab) Version 2, a classification system for vegetation habitats used in planning, conservation and land management. UKHab has replaced Phase ...

Learn about ancient and veteran trees and how to recognise and record them. Ancient and veteran trees are a wonderful feature of our landscape and we are only just beginning to understand their ...