Sat, 1st July, 10:30 – Sat, 1st July, 15:30
Building a pinned reference collection
This one day workshop will take you through everything you need to know in order to start building a pinned entomological reference collection. We will…
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Wed, 5th July, 09:00 – Wed, 5th July, 17:00
Field ID of Spiders and Harvestmen
Many spiders and harvestmen can be identified and recorded in the field, with the aid a simple piece of kit called a spi-pot, before being…
Fri, 14th July, 09:00 – Fri, 21st July, 17:00
Week-long Solitary bee ID course
This 7 day course at the iconic Flatford Mill field centre will introduce you to the identification and ecology of solitary bees, including nesting and…
Wed, 19th July, 10:00 – Wed, 19th July, 16:00
Identifying Yellow Composites
Yellow composites (Daisy family) strike terror into the heart of many botanists – there are lots of species which look the same and the terminology…
Mon, 24th July, 09:00 – Mon, 24th July, 17:00
An Introduction to the Fundamentals of QGIS
Formerly known as Quantum GIS, QGIS is a freely available open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) of the highest quality. Thanks to a community of dedicated…
Tue, 25th July, 09:00 – Tue, 25th July, 17:00
Using QGIS to work with Biological Records
During this course, participants will find out how to visualise and work with biological records using QGIS, a freely available open-source Geographic Information System (GIS)…
Wed, 16th August, 10:00 – Wed, 16th August, 16:00
Introduction to the Ecology and Identification of UK Macro-moths
Moths are one of the hardest invertebrate groups to get to grips with, due to their relative diversity both morphologically and in terms of ecology.…
Mon, 21st August, 17:00 – Wed, 23rd August, 16:00
A Holistic and Practical Introduction to QGIS
QGIS is a freely available open-source Geographic Information System (GIS) that matches the functionality and usability of commercial products like MapInfo and ArcGIS. It has…
Tue, 22nd August, 09:00 – Tue, 22nd August, 17:15
MEDIN workshops
MEDIN holds free workshops periodically throughout the year, to improve the uptake, knowledge and use of MEDIN Data Guidelines and the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard…
Wed, 23rd August, 09:00 – Wed, 23rd August, 17:15
MEDIN workshops
MEDIN holds free workshops periodically throughout the year, to improve the uptake, knowledge and use of MEDIN Data Guidelines and the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard…
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