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Identifying Aquatic Invertebrates and a Specialist Mayfly and Stonefly Day

The FBA is running its first course at the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE) 5-6 August 2008. It will be tutored by Craig Macadam of Buglife and the Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme. To find out more click here.

Cave Life Leaflet

A new guide to cave life in Britain has been written by Lee Knight (Hypogean Crustacea Recording Scheme) and produced by the FBA and is available to download as a PDF. If  you would like any further information about recording cave life please contact Lee (lee.knight@talk21.com).

Future Training Courses

We are currently developing a training programme for the coming year, see

Courses March - July 2008 for the current list, which we will be updating soon with the 2008 -2009 programme.

Launch of the Freshwater Recorders and Schemes Funding Programme

The purpose of the programme is to provide some financial support for freshwater recorders towards costs such as travel expenses, the purchase of sampling equipment, and the production of promotional materials such as newsletters. If you would like to find out more about the programme go to Funding Programme

Course programme - March - July 2008


Course Title
Date
Location
Tutor
Cost
Fish health, parasites
and disease		 27th March      
Cumbria Roger Sweeting £85;
FBA member £50; Concessions £65    
Identifying aquatic invertebrates 29th - 30th March     Cumbria Ian Wallace & Terry Gledhill £160;
FBA member £120;
Concessions £140
Identifying larval dragonflies and damselflies 16th April Dorset Steve Brooks & Steve Cham £85;
FBA member £50;
Concessions £65
Identifying aquatic invertebrates with a specialist caddis and beetle day 17th - 18th April Dorset Ian Wallace & Garth Foster £160;
FBA member £120;
Concessions £140
Identifying macroalgae 22nd - 23rd April Cumbria Martyn Kelly & Allan Pentecost £275;
FBA member £235
Identifying freshwater bugs 3rd May  Cumbria Sheila Brook £85;
FBA member £50;
Concessions £65
An introduction to identifying wetland plants 22nd - 23rd May  Cumbria  Richard Lansdown  £160;
FBA member £120;
Concessions £140
Fish health, parasites and disease 6th June  Cumbria  Roger Sweeting  £85;
FBA member £50;
Concessions £65
Introduction to pond survey methods (joint FBA & Pond Conservation course) 16th - 18th June  Cumbria  Pascale Nicolet & TBC TBC
Entomology for fly tiers 12th July  Cumbria  Anne Powell & TBC  £85;
FBA member £50;
Concessions £65
Identifying aquatic invertebrates with a specialist mayfly and stonefly day 5th-6th August SCENE, Loch Lomond Craig Macadam £200; FBA member £170; Concession £185

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