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Do you want to get closer to your local wildlife, develop your natural history skills and learn about what special wildlife you have right on your doorstep?
- The workshops are run in a relaxed atmosphere and are a great way to meet like-minded people.
- They are held at some of the best wildlife sites in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Northamptonshire.
- The trainers are enthusiastic local naturalists, who are more than willing to share their vast knowledge with workshop participants.
- All you need is an interest in your local wildlife and a passion to learn!
Wildlife Training Workshops 2025 Programme
For 2025 the majority of the training workshops programme is face-to-face with a few online workshops being held before the spring, using Microsoft Teams Town Halls.
*PLEASE NOTE: All bookings are to be made through our website using the checkout on each individual workshop.*
(Please email trainingworkshops@wildlifebcn.org if you are unable to book online)
Many thanks to the Wildflower Society and National Lottery Heritage Fund (Peatland Progress project) for funding towards workshops within this programme
Wildlife Training Workshops coming up...
Workshop topics
Vertebrates
From amphibians, birds and small mammals, our vertebrate training courses offer an insight into some of our most iconic species. These workshops should improve your field skills for surveying and monitoring vertebrates such as raptors, small mammals and birds.
Invertebrates
From flies to bumblebees, dragonflies and butterflies discover the fascinating world of invertebrates. A wide range of workshops covering identification, basic ecology and monitoring of invertebrates.
Botany
Explore the wonderful world of plants from wildflower identification to learning more about grasses and trees. Primarily concerned with teaching wildflower identification skills both indoors and in the field.
Our introductory workshops are ideal for beginners looking to brush up their skills.
Many thanks to The Wildflower Society for funding towards our botanical training workshops.
Lower plants and fungi
Learn more about lower plants. A small number of introductory workshops concerned with the identification and basic ecology of mosses, liverworts, ferns, horsetails and fungi.
Practical and Introductory courses
Learn practical conservation skills or try an introductory course.
Practical
Following the success last year of the Spoon Carving workshops with Mark Ricketts, we are running them again during 2025.
Basic Ecology Skills
New for 2025, in addition to an Introduction to Ecology workshop for teenagers, we are also running an Introduction to Invertebrates workshop for this age group thanks, to funding from HLF through the Peatland Progress project.
Contact
Please contact us on 07793 606026 or
Silver-washed fritillary - Gamlingay Wood NR - Sarah Lambert