Training courses
Enrich your experience of birding and gain confidence in your skills
We run a wide range of courses each year around the country in a variety of venues and habitats, for beginner birders, developing surveyors and conservation professionals. Contact training@bto.org to discuss your specific needs.
Featured training event
Bird ID (Residential, Brixham, Devon)
Led by Matt Collis
Gain confidence identifying birds by sight and sound, with plenty of opportunities to put what you have learned into practice.
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February 2020
Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, Darts Farm Topsham, Devon)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Led by Matt Collis
Topsham
EX3 0QH
Exeter
Places available
Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, Hayle Estuary, Cornwall)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Led by Matt Collis
13-15 Hayle Terrace
TR27 4BU
Hayle
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Bird Survey Techniques for Professional Ecologists
Bespoke training, tailored to the needs of the ecological / environmental professional
Led by Nick Moran, David Jarrett
The Nunnery
IP24 2PU
Thetford
Fully booked
Bird ID (Residential, Brixham, Devon)
Gain confidence identifying birds by sight and sound, with plenty of opportunities to put what you have learned into practice.
Led by Matt Collis
Berry Head Road
TQ5 9AF
Brixham
Places available
April 2020
Bird ID (Residential, Portland Bird Observatory, Dorset)
Gain confidence identifying birds by sight and sound, with plenty of opportunities to put what you have learned into practice.
Led by Steve Piotrowski
Old Lower Lighthouse
Portland Bill
DT5 2JT
Portland
Fully booked
Spring bird ID (1-day, RSPB Lodmoor, Weymouth)
Develop your identification skills and discover how they can be put to good use in a BTO bird survey
Led by Matt Collis
Monmouth Avenue
DT3 5HZ
Weymouth
Places available
Spring bird ID (1-day, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxford)
Develop your identification skills and discover how they can be put to good use in a BTO bird survey
Led by Matt Collis
Cumnor Road
Farmoor
OX2 9NS
Oxford
Places available
Spring bird ID (1-day, Somerset Levels)
Develop your identification skills and discover how they can be put to good use in a BTO bird survey
Led by Matt Collis
Meadow Lane
Walton
BA16 9LA
Street
Places available
Woodland bird ID and BBS (1-day, Ruardean Hill)
Improve your woodland bird identification skills in the Forest of Dean and learn how you can put them to good use
Led by Ed Drewitt
Baptist Way
GL17 9AR
Ruardean Hill
Fully booked
May 2020
Wetland bird ID and WeBS (1-day, GWT Magor Marsh)
Improve your wetland bird identification skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey
Led by Ed Drewitt
Whitewall
Magor
NP26 3DD
Caldicot
Places available
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