Summer Tree Identification for Surveyors

Course overview

Join Leif Bersweden for a pre-recorded tutorial looking at how to identify 15 of the most common trees and shrubs you are likely to encounter in the UK. The course aims to increase your confidence in identiying these species when they are in leaf, and includes ID tips looking at their leaves, but also bark and other features, and will help you distinguish between similar species.

The course comprises a pre-recorded tutorial interspersed with short self-tests, which can be paused, rewound or skipped at any point during the 24 hours, giving you the chance to have a break when you want, and go back over any species you are less familiar with.

There is also a ‘bespoke’ ticket option, for which we will set you up with the tutorial on any date of your choosing.

All proceeds from the course will go to supporting our endangered species conservation work.

Schedule

The video runs for just over two hours, and will be available to attendees for a 24 hour period (from 5pm the night before).

Four days prior to the course you should receive an email with all the joining details on. It appears that several work-based servers are spamming messages from Eventbrite, so if you have not heard from us by then, please check your spam folder, and the email address you used for the booking. In the event you can't find the email please be in touch.

We also offer a bespoke option (at the checkout) which allows you to choose a day and time convenient to you.

About the tutor

Leif Bersweden is a writer, botanist and nature communicator with a face-down, bottom-up approach to watching wildlife. He grew up in rural Wiltshire where he taught himself how to identify the local flora and has championed our wild plants and the joy they bring ever since. He is the author of 'The Orchid Hunter' and 'Where the Wildflowers Grow' and has recently joined The Species Recovery Trust team having run training with us for several years.

Course certificate

This course can be used as part of your Continuing Professional Development (CPD). We invite attendees to download their own certificate and complete the numbers of hours spent on the course, as we are aware some attendees spend more time reading up about courses before the day, and writing their notes up and sitting the online course tests afterwards. The hours on your certificate should accurately reflect this time.

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