• Summer Online Training Programme

    The FSC’s Summer programme of online training courses is open and available to book here. The courses are the first of many more using our…

  • Getting started on wildlife identification

    Blog by Pippa DashfieldA study by the university of Essex revealed that just five minutes of “green exercise” can produce rapid improvements in mental wellbeing…

  • A Level Biology – AQA – 3 Days

    A 3-day A Level Biology course offers a fantastic opportunity for students to undertake ecological investigations in a variety of inspiring habitats and complete relevant Required Practicals. Students will develop their practical skills, use of apparatus and techniques, and deepen their understanding of ecological syllabus content and synoptic links through first-hand experience. A wide range of mathematical skills are embedded into every course, including a variety of graphical forms, calculations such…

  • Lauren Kennedy

    Lauren is a naturalist specialising in outreach and engagement. As Engagement and Training Officer for FSC Eco-Skills, she works as part of a team creating exciting online and place-based courses on a variety of natural history and art subjects. Lauren has a particular passion for plants and pollinators, using her…

  • Dr Tim King

    Tim King is an ecologist based in Oxford who has been studying the importance of yellow meadow ant-hills in grasslands for over fifty years. Over the past five years he has come to appreciate the role of this ant as a keystone species in old pastures, profoundly affecting energy flow…

  • Linda Haylock

    Linda was first inspired by bobbin lace in the early 1980’s when she watched a demonstration at a local agricultural show and started learning how to make Torchon bobbin lace at an adult education evening class in 1998. In 2002, Linda was approached by a local group of ladies to…

  • Geoffrey Kibby

    Geoffrey Kibby has studied fungi for over 50 years in Britain, Europe, North America and parts of the tropics. He is the author and illustrator of some 10 books and field guides to British and American Fungi. A teacher and lecturer, he has taught amateurs, professionals and medical students about…

  • Mary-Jane Holmes

    This inspirational course is run by Mary-Jane Holmes, an experienced writer and mentor of creative writing. Her new poetry collection ‘Heliotrope with Matches and Magnifying Glass’, published by Glasgow-based Pindrop Press explores many aspects of the wild landscape of Yorkshire and the Durham Dales. Poet Dave Lordan has described Mary-Jane…

  • Stay With Us Activities

    Four of our fantastic locations are offering a range of activities in the school holidays. All activites are set in the great outdoors and will give you the chance to explore new places, try new things and discover something fascinating about the world we live in.Each location will be…