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
Winter bird ID and WeBS (Residential, Flatford Mill, Suffolk)
Led by Steve Piotrowski
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this weekend course.
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November 2019
Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, WWT Steart Marshes, Bridgwater)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Led by Matt Collis
WWT Steart Marshes
Steart Drove Stockland Bristol
TA5 2PU
Bridgwater
Fully booked
January 2020
Winter bird ID and WeBS (Residential, Flatford Mill, Suffolk)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this weekend course.
Led by Steve Piotrowski
Flatford Mill
Flatford Road, East Bergholt
CO7 6UL
Colchester
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Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, Middlezoy, Somerset Levels)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Led by Matt Collis
Middlezoy Village Hall
Nethermoor Road Middlezoy
TA7 0PG
Bridgwater
Places available
Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, Farmoor Reservoir, Oxfordshire)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Led by Matt Collis
Cumnor Road
Farmoor
OX2 9NS
Oxford
Places available
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
Places available
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
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
Places available
May 2020
Bird ID and BirdTrack (2-day non-residential, RSPB Minsmere, Suffolk)
Improve your bird identification skills by sight and sound and learn how they can be put to good use through BirdTrack
Led by Steve Piotrowski
Sheepwash Lane
Westleton
IP17 3BY
Saxmundham
Places available
September 2020
Bird ID (Residential, Rhyd-y-creuau Field Centre)
Gain confidence identifying birds by sight and sound, with plenty of opportunities to put what you have learned into practice.
Led by Steve Piotrowski
Llanrwst Road
LL24 0HB
Betws-y-Coed
Places available
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