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Professional Development
The FSC is committed to career development and professional training in the environment and is one of the UK's leading providers of taxonomic training. Each year we offer a wide range of courses, many of which are accredited and certified by awarding bodies, to help individuals develop their skills.
| Course Title | Tutor | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 programme | |||
| Mammal Identification Weekend | Mammal Society Trainers | Friday 17 February - Sunday 19 February | |
| Identifying Centipedes, Millipedes and Woodlice | Paul Lee | Friday 24 February - Monday 27 February | |
| Introducing Digital Photography | Geoffrey Kibby | Friday 02 March - Sunday 04 March | |
| Identifying Lichens | John Skinner | Friday 09 March - Sunday 11 March | |
| Identifying Birds by Sight and Sound | Steve Piotrowski | Friday 16 March - Sunday 18 March | |
| Introducing Digital Photography | Geoffrey Kibby | Tuesday 03 April - Thursday 05 April | |
| Identifying Freshwater Invertebrates for Biological Surveying and Recording | Adrian Chalkley | Tuesday 10 April - Friday 13 April | |
| Bird Songs and Calls for Beginners: The Early Spring Weekend | Steve Piotrowski | Friday 13 April - Sunday 15 April | |
| Otters, Water Voles and Other Riverside Mammals | Darren Tansley | Friday 13 April - Sunday 15 April | |
| Digital Imaging: Using Photoshop Elements | Geoffrey Kibby | Friday 13 April - Sunday 15 April | |
| Surveying Terrestrial Invertebrates for Biological Recording | Paul Lee | Friday 20 April - Monday 23 April | |
| British Amphibians and Reptiles | Duncan Sweeting | Tuesday 24 April | |
| Digital Photography: Flowers and Other Plants in Spring | Jacqui Hurst | Friday 27 April - Sunday 29 April | |
| Introducing Bird Songs in a Day! | Edward Jackson | Tuesday 01 May | |
| Bird Songs and Calls for Improvers | Steve Piotrowski | Friday 04 May - Sunday 06 May | |
| Microscopy for Beekeepers | John Cowan | Friday 04 May - Sunday 06 May | |
| Bird Songs and Calls for Beginners: The Late Spring Weekend | Steve Piotrowski | Friday 11 May - Sunday 13 May | |
| Microscopy for Beekeepers | John Cowan | Friday 11 May - Sunday 13 May | |
| Introducing Lichens 1 | John Skinner | Tuesday 15 May | |
| Wild Flower Identification for Biological Surveyors | Andrea Kiewitt | Friday 18 May - Sunday 20 May | |
| Introduction to Phase 1 Habitat Surveys | Andrea Kiewitt | Monday 21 May - Wednesday 23 May | |
| Introduction to Phase 1 Habitat Surveys | Andrea Kiewitt | Wednesday 23 May - Friday 25 May | |
| National Vegetation Classification: Lowland Grasslands | Jonny Stone | Friday 25 May - Sunday 27 May | |
| Introduction to Phase 1 Habitat Surveys | Andrea Kiewitt | Monday 28 May - Wednesday 30 May | |
| Using a Flora | Ros Bennett | Friday 01 June - Tuesday 05 June | |
| Intermediate Beekeeping | Julia Pigott and Martin Hoggard | Tuesday 05 June | |
| Identifying Clovers, Medicks and Vetches | Ros Bennett | Tuesday 05 June - Thursday 07 June | |
| Wild Flowers for Beginners: The Top 20 Flower Families | Ros Bennett | Thursday 07 June - Sunday 10 June | |
| Identifying Flies | Martin Harvey | Friday 15 June - Sunday 17 June | |
| Introducing Grass Identification and Ecology | Jonny Stone | Friday 15 June - Sunday 17 June | |
| Identifying Dragonflies and Damselflies | Steve Cham | Friday 22 June - Sunday 24 June | |
| Introducing Bird Ringing | BTO Trainers | Friday 06 July - Sunday 08 July | |
| Identifying Difficult Plants | Ros Bennett | Friday 06 July - Monday 09 July | |
| Identification, Ecology and Conservation of Bats | Brian and Patty Briggs | Friday 13 July - Sunday 15 July | |
| Identifying Moths and Butterflies | Sheila Wright | Friday 13 July - Sunday 15 July | |
| Butterflies and Moths on Film | Piers Warren and Mike Linley | Friday 20 July - Sunday 22 July | |
| Trees and Tree Identification in Summer | Andrea Kiewitt | Friday 20 July - Monday 23 July | |
| Identifying Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies | Richard Lewington | Monday 23 July - Thursday 26 July | |
| Wild Flower Identification: Using a Flora | Andrea Kiewitt | Monday 23 July - Thursday 26 July | |
| Identifying Moths: More Difficult Macros and Micro Families | Jon Clifton | Friday 27 July - Sunday 29 July | |
| Identifying Bumblebees | Paul Lee | Friday 27 July - Monday 30 July | |
| Woodland Plants: Identification and Ecology | Andrea Kiewitt | Friday 27 July - Monday 30 July | |
| Trees and Woodland in the British Landscape | Oliver Rackham | Sunday 29 July - Friday 03 August | |
| Botanical Illustration for More Experienced Painters | Jenny Jowett | Monday 13 August - Monday 20 August | |
| Docks and Goosefoots: Identifying the Polygonaceae and Chenopodiacae (Amaranthaceae) | Ros Bennett | Monday 20 August - Wednesday 22 August | |
| Identifying Coastal Plants | Ros Bennett | Thursday 23 August - Sunday 26 August | |
| Otters, Water Voles and Other Riverside Mammals | Darren Tansley | Friday 31 August - Sunday 02 September | |
| Introducing Digital Photography | Geoffrey Kibby | Friday 31 August - Sunday 02 September | |
| Bird Ringing for BTO Permit Holders: Developing Training Skills | BTO Trainers | Friday 07 September - Sunday 09 September | |
| Identifying Lichens at Intermediate Level | John Skinner | Friday 07 September - Sunday 09 September | |
| Ecology, Surveying and Conservation of Dormice | Simone Bullion and Alison Looser | Friday 14 September - Sunday 16 September | |
| Introducing Lichens 2 | John Skinner | Thursday 20 September | |
| Identifying Freshwater Snails | Adrian Chalkley | Friday 28 September - Sunday 30 September | |
| Identifying Mosses and Liverworts | Robin Stevenson | Friday 28 September - Sunday 30 September | |
| Managing Coasts for Wildlife | Chris Gibson | Friday 28 September - Sunday 30 September | |
| Freelance Writing: Wildlife and the Environment | Susan Grossman | Friday 05 October - Sunday 07 October | |
| Identifying Fungi | Geoffrey Kibby | Friday 12 October - Sunday 14 October | |
| Bird Identification | BTO Trainers | Friday 19 October - Sunday 21 October | |
| Birdwatching and Bird Migration | Steve Piotrowski | Monday 22 October - Friday 26 October | |
| Bird Survey Techniques | BTO Trainers | Friday 26 October - Sunday 28 October | |
| Digital Photography: Autumn Colours | Jacqui Hurst | Friday 26 October - Sunday 28 October | |
| Digital Imaging: Using Photoshop Elements | Geoffrey Kibby | Friday 23 November - Sunday 25 November | |
| Trees and Tree Identification: The Challenge of Early Winter | Ros Bennett | Friday 30 November - Sunday 02 December | |
All
UK Individuals & Families courses are
protected by membership of the Association of Bonded Travel Organisers
Trust Ltd (ABTOT, member number 5049).
