Individuals & Families

Badgers, Otters and Dormice

 Centre:  Slapton Ley    Tutor:  Paul Chanin
 Dates:  Sunday 1 August-Thursday 5 August 2010
 Sole Occupancy Room:£375     Shared Room: £335 

   Non-Res: £250

 Level:Open to Everyone
  Professional Development Course.

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• Badgers
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Many of Britain's mammals are either rare, elusive or just plain difficult to find! Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve and the surrounding areas provide rich habitats for many of Britain's mammals, including otters, badgers, and dormice. This course will show you where and what to look for, and will help you to discover more about mammal ecology and conservation. There will be opportunities to see a wide range of species and to study tracks, trails and signs. The programme will involve a combination of talks, walks, site visits and surveys, as well as evenings watching badgers and bats emerging from their homes and bats feeding. We don't expect to see otters but there is a good chance of a close encounter with a badger or a dormouse and we normally have good views of lesser horseshoe and Daubenton'Ýs bats. Encounters with greater horseshoe, barbastelle and soprano bats are also possible.

Paul Chanin is a well known mammal ecologist with a long interest in mammals in general and badgers and otters in particular. He has published two books on otters, is a member of the IUCN Otter Specialist Group and has carried out research at Slapton on otters and mink.

This course is part of our programme of Professional Development Courses. You can find out more in the Professional Development section of this website.