Slapton Ley

South Devon Coast

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. Over 30 courses. wildlife and taxonomy courses include plant identification, tree identifcation and mammal ecology. Art courses include watercolour and digital photography. Family courses include wildlife watching and adventure activities. Click on Slapton Ley National Nature Reserve for more information about our Guided Walks program

2010 Course Programme

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Course Title	Tutor	Dates
South Devon Birds: Sights and Sounds of Spring	Ian Mercer	14 May-18 May
Woodland Plants	Ros Bennett	14 May-17 May
Spring Stroll and Sketch	Hilary Jean Gibson	14 May-17 May
Top 20 Families of Flowering Plants	Ros Bennett	17 May-21 May
Identifying Plants of Swamp, Fen and Carr	Ros Bennett	21 May-23 May
Painting Coast, Water and Sky in Watercolour	David Webb	23 Jul-30 Jul
Identifying the Asteraceae: Dandelions, Daisies and Thistles	Ros Bennett	23 Jul-26 Jul
Family Naturalists: Discovering Devon's Wildlife	Gordon Waterhouse and Fiona Woolmer	23 Jul-30 Jul
Aquatic Plants	Nick Stewart	26 Jul-30 Jul
Using a Flora	Ros Bennett	26 Jul-30 Jul
Butterflies and Moths	Adrian Spalding	30 Jul-02 Aug
Dragonflies	David Smallshire	30 Jul-02 Aug
British Bat Ecology and Conservation	George Bemment	30 Jul-01 Aug
Seals of the South Devon Coast	Stephen Westcott	30 Jul-01 Aug
The Archaeology of Dartmoor and South Devon	Owen Thompson	30 Jul-06 Aug
Nature in Watercolour: Slapton's Landscape, Plants and Birds	Penny Robson	30 Jul-06 Aug
Introduction to Digital Photography	Adrian Davies	30 Jul-01 Aug
Digital Nature Photography	Adrian Davies	01 Aug-06 Aug
Badgers, Otters and Dormice	Paul Chanin	01 Aug-05 Aug
Watching Wildlife with Nick Baker - How do you Sugar a Moth, Tickle a Spider or Feed a Bat?	Nick Baker	02 Aug-06 Aug
NVC: Lowland Grasses and Woodlands	Fiona Woolmer	02 Aug-06 Aug
A Field Study of the Geology, Botany and Marine Biology in South Devon	Martin Summers	06 Aug-13 Aug
The Art of Nature Photography	Ben Hall	06 Aug-13 Aug
Dramatic Sea and Landscapes in Acrylic	Susan Gray	06 Aug-13 Aug
Beside the Sea: a Family Natural History Course	Centre Staff	06 Aug-13 Aug
Coastal Plants	David Streeter	06 Aug-08 Aug
An Introduction to Bird Ringing	Roger Swinfen and Nik Ward	06 Aug-08 Aug
NVC: The Plant Communities of South Dartmoor - Woods, Mires, Heaths, Grasslands.	David Streeter	08 Aug-13 Aug
Capturing Light in Watercolour	Gerald Green	20 Aug-23 Aug
Back to Nature Weekend	Centre Staff	20 Aug-23 Aug
Sand, Sea and Surf	Centre Staff and Instructors	20 Aug-27 Aug
Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi	David Hawksworth	23 Aug-27 Aug
Free up your Watercolours	Gerald Green	23 Aug-27 Aug
Watching Wildlife with Nick Baker- How do you Sugar a Moth, Tickle a Spider or Feed a Bat?	Nick Baker	30 Aug-03 Sep
Exploring the Rocky Shore	Jo Corke	08 Sep-11 Sep
Stroll and Sketch	Hilary Jean Gibson	29 Oct-01 Nov