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Small Mammals
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Centre:
Kindrogan
Tutor:
Jeff Clarke
Dates:
Friday 8 October-Tuesday 12 October 2010
Sole Occupancy Room:£190
Shared Room: £150
Non-Res: £140
Level:Open to Everyone Professional Development Course.
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This short course offers an introduction to monitoring small mammal populations.
You will learn:
o Safe handling techniques
o The where and how of setting 'live traps'
o Identifying likely spots for catching target species
o Reading tracks and signs
o Dissecting kestrel and owl pellets and identifying their prey remains.
In addition we will undertake evening bat detecting sessions, watch rutting deer and attempt a late evening stake-out for pine martin and wildcat
Jeff Clarke is a freelance ecologist and environmental educator with a lifelong passion for the natural world. www.jeffclarkeecology.co.uk
This
course is part of our programme of Professional Development Courses.
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