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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.
2010 Course Programme
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| Course Title | Tutor | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Bird Identification for Beginners | Martin Godfrey | 02 Apr-04 Apr |
| Easter Walks | Centre Staff | 02 Apr-06 Apr |
| Reptiles and Amphibians | Andrew Wilson | 06 Apr-09 Apr |
| Identifying Mosses and Liverworts | Martin Godfrey | 06 Apr-09 Apr |
| Advanced Bryology Laboratory Course | Martha Newton | 12 Apr-17 Apr |
| Working Towards Great Crested Newt Licence | Jackie Underhill | 26 Apr-28 Apr |
| Songbird Identification | Martin Godfrey | 30 Apr-03 May |
| Identifying Difficult Invertebrates | Paul Lee | 30 Apr-03 May |
| Exploring Offas Dyke | Centre Staff | 30 Apr-03 May |
| Understanding Hedgerows | Barry Wright | 07 May-09 May |
| Understanding Trees | The Arboricultural Association | 07 May-09 May |
| Bird Survey Techniques | Martin Godfrey | 14 May-17 May |
| Introduction to Bumblebees and Solitary Bees | Ian Cheeseborough | 21 May-23 May |
| Identifying Woodland Plants | Sarah Whild and Nick Law | 21 May-24 May |
| Reptiles and Amphibians | Andrew Wilson | 28 May-31 May |
| NVC: Grasslands | Hilary Wallace | 28 May-31 May |
| Shropshire Wildlife Safari | Centre Staff | 31 May-04 Jun |
| Land Mammal Identification | Jackie Underhill | 31 May-03 Jun |
| Identifying Caddis Flies | Ian Wallace | 01 Jun-04 Jun |
| Identification of Bats | Rebecca Collins | 04 Jun-07 Jun |
| Identifying Sedges and their Allies | Chris Walker | 04 Jun-07 Jun |
| Exploring the Montgomery Canal | Allan Dawes | 04 Jun-07 Jun |
| Natural History of Floodplain Meadows | Floodplain Meadows Partnership | 11 Jun-13 Jun |
| Identifying Difficult Higher Plants | Sarah Whild | 11 Jun-14 Jun |
| Identification of Water Beetles | Richard Chadd | 11 Jun-13 Jun |
| Introducing Insects | Peter Boardman and Ian Cheeseborough | 11 Jun-13 Jun |
| Identification of Bats II | Rebecca Collins | 18 Jun-21 Jun |
| Site Assessment using Vegetation | Alex Lockton | 18 Jun-21 Jun |
| Using a Flora | Brenda Harold | 18 Jun-22 Jun |
| Grasses, Sedges and Rushes | Brenda Harold | 25 Jun-28 Jun |
| Small Mammal Ecology and Techniques | Mammal Society Trainers | 26-Jun |
| Floodplain Meadows Partnership Workshop | David Gowing and Hilary Wallace | 28 Jun-30 Jun |
| Grasses for Beginners | Mark Duffell | 02 Jul-04 Jul |
| Grass Identification | Chris Walker | 02 Jul-05 Jul |
| Beginners Guide to Wild Flowers | Brenda Harold | 09 Jul-11 Jul |
| Identifying the Apiaceae | John Swindells | 09 Jul-11 Jul |
| Dragonflies and Damselflies | Ian Cheeseborough | 16 Jul-19 Jul |
| Geology and Scenery of the Borderlands | Dave Cronshaw | 23 Jul-30 Jul |
| Botanical Illustration | Kay Rees-Davies | 30 Jul-01 Aug |
| Beginners Guide to Fernlike Plants | Mark Duffell | 30 Jul-01 Aug |
| Insect Photography Workshop | John Bebbington | 30 Jul-03 Aug |
| Workshop on Russula Identification | Geoffrey Kibby | 30 July-02 Aug |
| Painting Pollinators | Chris Shields | 02 Aug-06 Aug |
| Data Analysis for Conservation Biologists I | Mark Gardener | 02 Aug-03 Aug |
| Shropshire Wildlife Safari | Centre Staff | 02 Aug-06 Aug |
| Ambles, Ales and Ghostly Tales | Centre Staff | 02 Aug-06 Aug |
| Exploring Offas Dyke | Centre Staff | 02 Aug-06 Aug |
| Data Analysis for Conservation Biologists II | Mark Gardener | 04 Aug-05 Aug |
| Painting Farmyard Animals | John Humphreys | 06 Aug-08 Aug |
| Castles, Churches Gardens and Teashops | Sue Townsend with Centre Staff | 06 Aug-13 Aug |
| Site Assessment Using Invertebrates | Paul Lee | 06 Aug-09 Aug |
| Botany for Professional Survey Work | Clare O'Reilly | 09 Aug-12 Aug |
| Walking in Shropshire and the Borderlands | Centre Staff | 09 Aug-13 Aug |
| Exploring Shropshire and the Borderlands | Centre Staff | 09 Aug-13 Aug |
| Late Summer Butterflies and Moths | David Brown | 09 Aug-13 Aug |
| Daisies, Dandelions and Thistles | John Swindells | 13 Aug-15 Aug |
| Condition Assessment of Upland Habitats | Hilary Wallace | 16 Aug-19 Aug |
| Plants of Bogs and Mires | Kate Thorne | 20 Aug-23 Aug |
| Identifying Mosses and Liverworts | Martha Newton | 23 Aug-27 Aug |
| Shropshire Wildlife Safari | Centre Staff | 23 Aug-27 Aug |
| Introduction to NVC | Hilary Wallace | 27 Aug-30 Aug |
| Diversity and Community Analysis in Conservation Biology | Mark Gardener | 01 Sep-02 Sep |
| Walking, Natural History and You | Chris Walker | 03 Sep-06 Sep |
| Identifying Beetles | Chris Terrell-Nield | 03 Sep-06 Sep |
| Land Mammal Identification | Jackie Underhill | 03 Sep-06 Sep |
| Identification of Collembolans | Peter Shaw | 10 Sep-12 Sep |
| Monitoring and Surveying for Conservation | Sue Townsend | 10 Sep-17 Sep |
| Using the New Vegetative Key | John Poland | 20 Sep-22 Sep |
| Mammal Identification | Mammal Society Trainers | 01 Oct-03 Oct |
| Identifying Difficult Fungi Groups | Geoffrey Kibby | 22 Oct-29 Oct |
| Advanced Data Analysis I | Mark Gardener | 25 Oct-26 Oct |
| Finding your own Painting Direction | Alan Brain | 25 Oct-29 Oct |
| Advanced Data Analysis II | Mark Gardener | 27 Oct-28 Oct |
| Autumn Fruits and Fungi | Valerie Oxley | 29 Oct-31 Oct |
| Moulds, Mildews and Microfungi | Bruce Ing | 29 Oct-02 Nov |
| Fungal Foray | John Hughes | 29 Oct-31 Oct |
| Introduction to Microscopy | Martin Godfrey | 05 Nov-07 Nov |
| Advanced Community Analysis | Mark Gardener | 01 Dec-02 Dec |
