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
Wetland Bird Survey training (1-day, WWT Castle Espie)
Led by Shane Wolsey
Learn and practise the survey methods for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
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September 2019
Wetland Bird Survey training (1-day, WWT Castle Espie)
Learn and practise the survey methods for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
Led by Shane Wolsey
WWT Castle Espie
78 Ballydrain Road Comber
BT23 6EA
Newtownards
Fully booked
Bird ID (Residential – Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory)
Gain confidence identifying birds by sight and sound, with plenty of opportunities to put what you have learned into practice.
Led by Steve Piotrowski
Guilford Road
Sandwich Bay
CT13 9PF
Sandwich
Fully booked
October 2019
Wetland bird ID and WeBS (1-day, WWT Welney)
Improve your wetland bird identification skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey
Led by David Hodkinson
Hundred Foot Bank
Welney
PE14 9TN
Wisbech
Fully booked
Skills and techniques for the Wetland Bird Survey (1-day, RSPB Mersehead)
Learn and practise wetland bird ID skills and methods for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
Led by Ben Darvill
Sulwath Centre building
DG2 8AH
Southwick
Places available
Skills and techniques for the Wetland Bird Survey (1-day, Lochgilphead)
Learn and practise wetland bird ID skills and methods for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
Led by Ben Darvill
Pier Square
Ardrishaig
PA30 8DX
Lochgilphead
Places available
November 2019
Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, RSPB Lodmoor, Dorset)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Led by Matt Collis
Monmouth Avenue
DT3 5HZ
Weymouth
Places available
Winter bird ID and WeBS (1-day, RNLI Appledore, Devon)
Improve your winter bird ID skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey on this 1-day course.
Led by Matt Collis
Jubilee Road
Appledore
EX39 1SB
Bideford
Places available
Skills and techniques for the Wetland Bird Survey (1-day, Craignure, Mull)
Learn and practise wetland bird ID skills and methods for the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS)
Led by Ben Darvill
Craignure
PA65 6AY
Isle of Mull
Places available
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
Places available
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