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 ...

Refresh or improve your identification skills of meadow plants. This is one of three separate plant identification day courses we are running in different habitats this year. On this course you will ...

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 ...

Gain a better understanding of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). Join us as we explore what to expect and how to interpret the Metric when reviewing Biodiversity Net Gain. This four-week course equips ...

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 field trip is part of the Botanical Skills Northern Ireland Project and will comprise visits to two Ulster Wildlife reserves. The first reserve is set in the beautiful Glenarm river valley and is ...

In conjunction with Owen Beckett from the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC), the BSBI's Botanical Skills Northern Ireland Project is running a training event on plant-pollinator relationships ...

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 ...

Learn how to use Pantheon to inform invertebrate conservation and understand habitats with tutor Martin Harvey. Pantheon is an analytical tool developed by Natural England and the UK Centre for ...

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 ...

This course is an introduction to the basic structure of ferns and their unusual life cycle. The morning will be spent in the classroom at Tyland Barn where the main focus will be on identification, ...

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 ...

Delivered in partnership with BSBI, FISC comprises a test that determines your botanical skill level on a scale from 1 (beginner) to 5 (professional) with 6 being awarded in exceptional cases. They ...

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 ...

This study day will equip you with skills to recognise trees by their leaves. We shall spend the morning in the classroom when the emphasis will be to consider ways to distinguish trees by their leaf ...

Psyllids (Jumping Plant Lice) are a small, understudied group of Hemiptera often overlooked until they attack your favourite plants. This course introduces their ecology and identification. While some ...

The entoLIVE webinar programme shines a spotlight on invertebrate science. Check out the latest entomological research in our free webinars. ...

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 ...

This online course will begin with a discussion on bumblebee conservation and decline, evolution, lifecycle and their autecology. We will briefly cover identification of the big seven and then move ...

Get to grips with the basic features of the largest family of flowering plants. Can you distinguish between all the thistle lookalikes, between the mayweeds and chamomiles, or between the hawkbits and ...

Scotland’s native aspen, Populus tremula, was once common but has gradually disappeared from our landscapes due to a combination of factors. Readily browsed by grazing animals and rarely setting seed ...