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
BirdTrack Drop-In Session - 10 July 2019
Led by Scott Mayson - BirdTrack Organiser
Come along to a BirdTrack drop-in session which aims to help you get the most from the BirdTrack website and mobile apps.
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July 2019
BirdTrack Drop-In Session - 10 July 2019
Come along to a BirdTrack drop-in session which aims to help you get the most from the BirdTrack website and mobile apps.
Led by Scott Mayson - BirdTrack Organiser
British Trust for Ornithology
The Nunnery
IP24 2PU
Thetford
Places available
BirdTrack Drop-In Session - 26 July 2019
Come along to a BirdTrack drop-in session which aims to help you get the most from the BirdTrack website and mobile apps.
Led by Scott Mayson - BirdTrack Organiser
British Trust For Ornithology
The Nunnery
IP24 2PU
Thetford
Places available
August 2019
Wetland bird ID and WeBS (1-day – WWT Slimbridge)
Improve your wetland bird identification skills and discover the Wetland Bird Survey
Led by Ed Drewitt
Newgrounds Lane
Bowditch, Slimbridge
GL2 7BT
Gloucester
Places available
Bird ID (Residential – Castle Head 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
Places available
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
The Drapers Field Centre
Llanrwst Road
LL24 0HB
Betws-y-Coed
Fully booked
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
78 Ballydrain Road
Comber
BT23 6EA
Newtownards
Places available
Bird ID (Residential – Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory)
Develop your bird identification skills, with plenty of opportunities to put what you have learned into practice.
Led by Steve Piotrowski
Guilford Road
Sandwich Bay
CT13 9PF
Sandwich
Places available
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
Places available
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