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 ...

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 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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Develop your botanical knowledge as you begin to explore the most common UK wildflower families in this beginner to intermediate online course. Becoming familiar with the most common families is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rewilding is often thought of as something that happens at scale – across large estates or remote landscapes. But nature recovery isn’t only the work of big landholdings. It can also happen in small, ...

Monitoring the species living in a specific area has always been import, but as our climate changes it has become even more vital to understand the development of these life cycles. We have therefore ...