BMERC are planning to run four courses this year about:
- How to make a good Record
- Mosses of Buckinghamshire
- Introduction to Veteran & Notable Trees
- Introduction to Surveying for the Noble Chafer.
These courses will be free for recorders and other volunteers. This is a generous opportunity for Milton Keynes Natural History Society members and others.
One course will be online: the others will be at various sites across Buckinghamshire. Further details are in the box below. Fuller details about each course will be sent later to those who have said they are interested.
At this stage BMERC aren’t looking for firm bookings, merely expressions of interest. Once booking starts, this will be managed on a first-come first- served basis. You can express your interest by completing the sign-up sheet, which you will need to download and send back to BMERC: erc@buckinghamshire.gov.uk.
The sign-up sheet can be found here: Training-courses-signup-sheet-20220513
| Title | Organiser | Trainer(s) | Date(s) | Format | Location |
| How to make a good record | BMERC | Kieron Brown | Autumn (October? tbc) | Likely to be a pair of sessions, each 1-2 hours long. | Online. |
| Bucks’ mosses | BMERC | Sean O’Leary (County Recorder) | End May – first half August, weekday dates will be available. | Most likely half day sessions. | Onsite, at various venues around Bucks. Some may not normally be open to the general public. |
| Introduction to Veteran and Notable trees | BMERC | Claudia Bernardini and Matt Sharp | assorted weekday dates possible | On-site sessions, likely to be half days. | Onsite, at various venues around Bucks. TBC |
| Introduction to Noble Chafer surveying and habitats (including frass hunts and likely nectaring.) | BMERC | Julia Carey | End May – End July | On-site sessions, 2-3 hours long. 2 dates likely, which will either be Tuesdays or Thursdays | Pitstone Green Farm Museum, Pitstone. |