Preston Montford

Shropshire/Welsh Border

Individuals and Families

The FSC offers leisure and professional training courses covering virtually every aspect of learning about the countryside, its wildlife and the environment.

2008 Course Programme

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Course Title Tutor Dates
Identifying the Astereaceae Ros Bennett 25 Jul-28 Jul
Mosses and Liverworts Martha Newton 25 Jul-01 Aug
NVC: Introduction Chris Walker 29 Jul-01 Aug
Dragonflies and Damselflies Sara Bellis 01 Aug-03 Aug
Exploring the Montgomery Canal Allan Dawes 01 Aug-04 Aug
Moths and Summer Butterflies David Brown 04 Aug-08 Aug
Walking in Shropshire and the Borderlands Centre Staff 08 Aug-15 Aug
Family Naturalist Centre Staff 11 Aug-15 Aug
Painting Pollinators Chris Shields 15 Aug-17 Aug
Ferns, Horsetails and Clubmosses Mark Duffell 15 Aug-17 Aug
Plants of Mires and Heaths Kate Thorne 29 Aug-01 Sep
Identifying Beetles Chris Terrell-Nield 29 Aug-01 Sep
Summer Landscape Painting Sarah Hedley 29 Aug-02 Sep
Walking, Natural History and You Chris Walker 01 Sep-05 Sep
NVC: Mires and Heaths Alex Lockton 01 Sep-04 Sep
Late Summer Gardens Mark Duffell 05 Sep-09 Sep
Monitoring and Surveying for Conservation Adrian Bayley 05 Sep-12 Sep
Identifying Mosses and Liverworts Nick Hodgetts 05 Sep-08 Sep
Botanical Painting Helen Haywood 05 Sep-07 Sep
British Land Snails Robert Cameron 19 Sep-22 Sep
Site Assessment Using Invertebrates Paul Lee 19 Sep-22 Sep
Identification of Macrofungi Irene Ridge 17 Oct-20 Oct
A Fascination for Fungi Geoffrey Kibby 20 Oct-26 Oct
Fungal Foray Weekend John Hughes 24 Oct-26 Oct
Illustrating Fungi Moya Davern 24 Oct-26 Oct
Autumn Fruits and Fungi Valerie Oxley 07 Nov-09 Nov
Digital Photography for Naturalists Geoffrey Kibby 07 Nov-09 Nov
Tree Identification in Late Autumn Kate Thorne 07 Nov-09 Nov
Painting Decorative Bark Moya Davern 21 Nov-23 Nov