Wildlife: Ways to Attract and Identify Part-time

Course overview

If you’re interested in wildlife and want to be the next David Attenborough, then our Ways to Attract and Identify Wildlife course is the perfect place to start!

Course content

On this two-day course, you will study a range of modules, including:

• Introduction to health and safety
• How to identify wildlife in your garden
• Signs of wildlife in your garden
• How to increase wildlife in your garden
• Wildlife safety in your garden
• Species specific feeding
• Species specific shelter
• Species specific water
• Supporting endangered species

Day 1: (studied at Wigfield Farm)

• A taught session on developing identification skills
• Practical wildlife identification
• Practical identification of signs of wildlife
• Practical wildlife survey techniques, including camera trapping
• A taught session on feeding, water and shelter for a range of native species
• A taught session on wildlife safety in your garden and supporting the species which need it most
• Practical: construct your own bird box/bee house

Day 2: (Studied at home)

• Identify and record the species already in your garden
• Practical garden tidy up (before and after pictures are encouraged)
• Create your first wildlife corner (before and after pictures are required)
• Complete a wildlife survey in your local area