Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 29/06/2021 - 09:37
A new online training course from BioLinks
By Aaron Bhambra
Last month marked the end of the first run of the FSC ‘Discovering bees online’ course, part of the lottery funded Biolinks project, aiming to promote and inspire the study of often neglected invertebrate groups. We speak to the course tutor, Aaron Bhambra and see how it went.
Submitted by k.brown on Wed, 23/06/2021 - 10:06
Studying earthworms in the virtual world
by Keiron derek Brown
Keiron recently-co-developed the Discovering Earthworms online training course. In this blog he gives us a taster of what our learners covered and reports the results from the participant field assignments.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 18/06/2021 - 14:15
Bringing marine education to EcoSkills
by Bek Trehern
Marine biology is Bek's passion and in this blog she tells us about her journey in marine science education and how she's bringing marine biology learning opportunties to the Eco-Skills training portfolio and Natural History Live webinar programme.
Submitted by D.Asaw on Wed, 09/06/2021 - 13:00
An overview
by Dan Asaw
Last month marked the end of the first run of the FSC ‘Discovering beetles online’ course, part of the lottery funded Biolinks project, aiming to promote and inspire the study of often neglected invertebrate groups. We speak to the course tutor, Dan Asaw and see how it went.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 09/04/2021 - 08:46
Preventing future invasions of ornamental plants
by April Webb
PlantAlert is a citizen science intiiative surveying horticultural taxa proliferating in gardens with the aim of identifying the potential future problematic plants that could escape to natural habitats and cause issues. Find out how you can help the project...
Submitted by k.brown on Mon, 05/04/2021 - 13:47
Expanding our learning pathways beyond invertebrates...
by Clare Rooney
Clare Rooney is the Engagement & Training Manager for the new Eco-Skills training programme. In this blog, Clare tells us about what her team are working on and the exciting new training opportunitities are now available to book with the Field Studies Council.
Submitted by k.brown on Tue, 30/03/2021 - 17:30
Get excited by the upcoming NFBR virtual conference!
by Keiron Derek Brown
Wildlife recording isn't just important in honeypots, such as nature reserves. The urban world is a fascinating mosaic of habitats itself, and is where wildlife and humans interact the most. Keiron explains what the upcoming NFBR conference has to offer and why we should all be attending this virtual event.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 17/03/2021 - 09:08
Learn how the new ID guide works...
by Olga Sivell
Blow flies are important insects which have a fairly widespread distribution across the UK. A newly created Royal Entomological Society (RES) handbook & Key of British Blow flies created by Olga Sivell, provides an updated in-depth guide, with high quality diagnostic photographs, for anyone interested in identifying these fascinating flies!
Submitted by Simon Norman on Mon, 15/03/2021 - 14:02
Meet the cast of the new ID guide...
by Olga Sivell
Blow Flies are considered to be one of the most important groups of insects on earth for the role they play in decomposition. We have thousands of species of Fly in the UK and only several species of blow fly, some of which can be easily identified if you know where to look!
Submitted by k.brown on Mon, 15/03/2021 - 12:23
Calling Berkshire naturalists...
by Caitlin Coombs
Are you a nature enthusiast? Do you have experience in species identification and wildlife surveys? Would you like the opportunity to visit protected sites, contribute to TVERC’s records, and play a role in the success of the Berkshire Local Wildlife Sites Project? You may be able to help us with survey work!
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