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BRIEFING
Online course
COUNTRYSIDE MANAGEMENT
Venue: Online course
Costs: £180
diseases. The second session will be
focused on survey methods, including
bottle trapping, netting, torching,
egg searching, eDNA sampling, and
Habitat Suitability Index assessments.
Contact: tel: 0330 165 3024; e-mail:
admin@ecologytraining.co.uk
Online course
Website: https://bit.ly/3t1jFDX
HABITAT MANAGEMENT
This online course covers a variety of
habitats and conservation practices
and is suited to those involved in
reserve management, rewilding,
conservation grazing, and habitat
restoration and management.
There are ten modules in total,
including, for example, history
and woodland development; farm
habitat development, history and
ecology; livestock biodiversity and
conservation examples; and grassland
management techniques.
Venue: Online course
Online course
HABITAT RESTORATION
Venue: Online course
Costs: £140
Contact: tel: 0330 165 3024; e-mail:
admin@ecologytraining.co.uk
Website: https://bit.ly/3PF7aaW
Aimed at ecological consultants,
conservationists, or anyone wishing
to expand their knowledge on a range
of habitat restoration techniques,
this online course includes six
modules, including: why create
and restore habitats; habitats and
features for protected species;
planning for habitat creation and
restoration; methods for habitat
creation and restoration; a grassland
and green roof creation project; and
management and monitoring.
Costs: £140
Contact: tel: 0330 165 3024; e-mail:
admin@ecologytraining.co.uk
Website: https://bit.ly/3wSkfpX
This is a self-study online course that
provides an introduction to habitat
management in the UK, covering
topics such as the reasons for
management; surveys and monitoring;
management of woodland and
grassland habitats; and management
for specific species, including hazel
dormouse and barn owl.
Online course
GREAT CRESTED NEWT ECOLOGY
AND SURVEYING
5 July 2022
MANAGING ASH DIEBACK
Venue: Didling Farm, West Sussex
Costs: £70 for RFS members, £80 for
non-members
Contact: tel: 01295 678588; e-mail:
events@rfs.org.uk
Website: https://bit.ly/3PJvad3
This one-day course from the Royal
Forestry Society (RFS) is designed
for those who wish to improve their
understanding of ash dieback and the
management of woods containing
ash trees. Participants will learn about
the symptoms, spread and severity
of ash dieback; implications for
safety and timber quality; operational
issues in managing the disease; and
information on grant aid to assist
restocking. There will be an outdoor
practical session during the afternoon.
PHASE 1 HABITAT MAPPING
Venue: Online course
Costs: £105
Contact: tel: 0330 165 3024; e-mail:
admin@ecologytraining.co.uk
5 July–9 August 2022
DISCOVERING REPTILES:
IDENTIFICATION AND ECOLOGY
Venue: Online course
Website: https://bit.ly/3LX2QAK
Costs: £45
Phase 1 habitat surveys are used by
ecologists across the UK. During this
course participants will learn how,
when and why Phase 1 surveys are
used; how to identify and record
habitats; and how to prepare a habitat
map both in the field and in the office.
It is recommended that participants
download the Phase 1 handbook from
the JNCC website prior to starting.
Contact: tel: 01743 852100; e-mail:
enquiries@field-studies-council.org
Online course
Online course
for birds, dormice, bats, invertebrates
and plant diversity; and monitoring.
WOODLAND MANAGEMENT FOR
BIODIVERSITY
Venue: Online course
Website: https://bit.ly/3MLd74n
This is a self-led course that
introduces participants to the
identification and ecology of reptiles
in the UK. All of the course content
has been created by the Amphibian
and Reptile Conservation Trust.
Taxonomy, anatomy, key identification
features, different reptile habitats, and
the distribution and life cycles of UK
reptile species will all be covered.
6 July–3 August 2022
Venue: Online course
Costs: £180
FUNGI FIELD SKILLS
Costs: £105
Contact: tel: 0330 165 3024; e-mail:
admin@ecologytraining.co.uk
Venue: Online course
Website: https://bit.ly/3t31PAB
Contact: tel: 01743 852100; e-mail:
enquiries@field-studies-council.org
Contact: tel: 0330 165 3024; e-mail:
admin@ecologytraining.co.uk
Website: https://bit.ly/3MW72lw
This course on great crested newts
is divided into two parts, with the
first covering ecology, identification,
threats, habitat management and
During this self-led online course,
participants will complete ten
modules covering woodland
management techniques; problems of
woodland management; management
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Costs: £30
Website: https://bit.ly/3OWNmj8
Suitable for beginners, this course
aims to introduce participants to fungi
in the UK and to explain how to study
