Professional Development For Ecologists and Conservationists
Having a large network of expert tutors means we have an extensive range of courses that cater to a range of career levels, providing wildlife identification and surveying courses in many subjects.
For professionals looking for CPD ecology training courses to gain skills for conservation careers, our courses include (but are not restricted to):
- Reptiles and Amphibians Including ecology, surveying, mitigation techniques, legislation and how to work towards obtaining a Great Crested Newt licence.
- Birds Covering identification skills through birdsong and bird survey techniques.
- Botany and Ecology Specifically for field surveyors including aquatic plant identification and indicator species for NVC and Phase 1 surveys.
- QGIS from the very basics to mapping biological records, managing spatial data and producing professional habitat maps for reports.
- Habitats and Conservation Focusing on habitat ecology, habitat management, conservation and site assessment/survey techniques, including NVC and Phase 1 surveys.
- Mammals A range of protected species training courses, including bat identification and ecology, bat survey techniques, and dormice ecology, conservation and survey training courses, to work towards a dormouse licence.
Please view our course listings to see all of the taxa we cover in our natural history courses.
View our Natural History Courses