This is an Aberystwyth University Lifelong Learning Course.
-Please note that the start date of this course is the 20-10-2025 (online via blackboard).
-The compulsory two-day field session is at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre on the 1st & 2nd of November 2025.
-The course finish date is the 24-11-2025.
This course is one in a series on British mammals and focuses on insectivores, rodents and lagomorphs. It gives a thorough introduction to these mammals including shrews, moles, hedgehogs, mice, voles, rats, squirrels, beaver, rabbits and hares. This course also covers non-native and invasive species.
Key features of species identification will be covered including skull and bone examination, population monitoring techniques, the dissection of owl pellets in addition to field surveys which will include ‘long-worth trapping’.
Practical and field exercises will involve characteristic field-signs, with a guide to tracks and trails, feeding remains, droppings, nests and burrows. Life cycles, habits and habitats will be also covered in the workshops. The distribution and status of these mammals, including BAP species and wildlife law, will be discussed in relation to their individual conservation requirements.
The course will consist of online learning through lectures and seminars as well as a compulsory two-day field session in west Wales at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.
Please click on the ticket link to book through the Aberystwyth University Lifelong Learning department.
Tutor:
Ryan Knight-Fox is an experienced tutor, having been running his own woodland business Knight-Fox Wild About Learning since 2017. He is an Ecologist, teacher of Wildlife Identification & Tracking, Ethnobotanist, Bushcraft Instructor, Social Forester, Forest School Leader and Coastal School Leader. Ryan is also the Nature Reserve & Volunteer Manager at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre.
Coursework will consist of a wildlife journal and a test on identification via images and audio.
There is a selection of accommodation options if you would like to stay at Denmark Farm Conservation Centre during the 2-day field sessions. Contact Lulu:
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Aberystwyth University Lifelong Learning Courses:
https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/lifelong-learning/
Successful completion of Aberystwyth University Lifelong Learning part-time courses allows you to gain credits which can be used towards higher education qualifications.
We offer several qualifications that you can study towards:
Certificate of Continuing Education
This is a departmental award that you achieve when you gain 120 credits in any combination of courses.
Certificate of Higher Education
This nationally recognised qualification is awarded when you gain 120 credits at Level 4 (NQF) from specific subject areas.
Also check out other Workshops in Lampeter.
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