This in-person course will cover all you need to get started in monitoring a range mustelids.
The weasel family, known as mustelids, are an often elusive mammal family to monitor. This in-person course aims to introduce their secretive behaviour and how to identify their field signs, while covering the best monitoring techniques.
The course will be a mix of classroom based presenting and guided field walk along river banks and hedgerows. The species covered include stoats, weasels, pine martens and polecats, plus the potential for discovering signs of otters and mink.
This is an ideal opportunity to develop your understanding of these animals, while improving confidence in monitoring them.
Location:
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre
Market Street
Craven Arms SY7 9RS
Delivered by Stuart Edmunds.
Stuart Edmunds is a self employed wildlife conservation specialist with a particular interest in carnivores. In 2009, he set up Shropshire Pine Marten Project with the intention of verifying or rejecting historic records of the mammal in the county. The project successfully recorded pine martens in 2015 and has been conducting further surveys across Shropshire ever since.He has been chairman of Shropshire Mammal Group since 2013 and has worked for Natural England, The National Trust and Shropshire Wildlife Trust while running independent training on wildlife tracking and monitoring for universities and ecology consultancies. He was awarded a conservation award by International Fund for Animal Welfare in 2019.
A CPD certificate will be available on completion of the course.
Concession tickets: available for those in education or those on a low income/in receipt of universal credit.
Accessibility:
We are committed to ensuring the accessibility of our training courses. If you require accommodations or have any accessibility concerns, please contact training@themammalsociety.org in advance, and we will be happy to assist you.
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*Please note - If not enough delegates book on to this course it may be postponed with two weeks notice, this is because we are a small charity and need to make sure our events are viable.