We offer a large variety of courses that cover grasses, flowering plants, surveying skills, and QGIS. We can also provide bespoke or on-demand courses tailored to suit your training needs and availability.
Botanical Skills for Ecologists
**New course for on-demand group bookings in 2024**
This beginner course is designed to give ecologists the foundational botanical skills that are essential for accurate habitat surveying using UKHab and NVC. You will learn useful techniques to help you identify key indicator species of different habitats, including wildflowers and grasses.
This course will include:
- An introduction to vegetative and flowering parts of plants
- An introduction to British wildflower families, including common and more unusual species.
- An introduction to common British grasses that are key indicator species for habitat surveying.
- Practical experience identifying wildflower and grass species in the field with an expert tutor.
Find out more or get in touch with the team to request a group booking.
Grass Identification Courses
With the introduction of mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain and UKHab as the unified approach to habitat classification, grass identification is an integral skill for ecologists and underpins effective surveying. The ability to identify grass species will enable you to classify habitats using the UKHab methodology. We run a variety of grass identification courses across the UK, and we also offer on-demand bookings to suit the location and availability of your workforce.
Upcoming Grass Identification Courses in 2024:
- Identifying Grasses Using Vegetative Features – 4th May, South East England
- Difficult Higher Plants – 31st May, West Midlands
- Introduction to Grasses, Sedges and Rushes – 8th June, South West England
- Field Identification of Common Grass Species – 15th June, West Midlands
- Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes – 21st June, West Midlands
- NVC Grasslands – 28th June, West Midlands
Get in touch to discuss on-demand group bookings.
Wildflower Identification Courses
Covering subjects from identification, conservation to ecology and survey skills, our wildflower training courses ensure quality content and training.
Upcoming Wildflower Identification Courses in 2024:
- Identifying Wildflower Families – Online – 8th May
- Wildflowers: An Introduction to Botanical Skills – Several dates and locations
- Wildflowers: Top Ten Families Identification – Several dates and locations
- Identifying and Comparing Coastal Plants – 25th May, Wales
- Difficult Higher Plants – 31st May, West Midlands
- Using a Flora – 7th June, West Midlands
Get in touch to discuss on-demand group bookings.
Habitat Surveying and Mapping Courses
Use your botanical identification skills to assess and map habitats. These are essential skills for ecologists who need to create accurate reports and detailed habitat maps.
Upcoming Surveying and Mapping Courses in 2024:
- NVC Winter Habitat Survey: Understanding and Describing Plant Communities – 14th March, South West England
- Habitat Surveying: An Introduction – Several dates and locations
- NVC Summer Habitat Survey: Understanding and Describing Plant Communities – 1st June, South East England
- Phase 1 Survey with Plant Identification Focus – 8th June, East of England
- NVC Grasslands – 28th June, West Midlands
- Site Assessment Using Vegetation – 5th July, West Midlands
- What is QGIS? Online – Several dates
- Discovering QGIS – Online – Several dates
Get in touch to discuss on-demand group bookings.