Delivery method: Face-to-face sessions in Edward Llwyd, Penglais Campus.

This course introduces the fundamentals of the identification of mosses and liverworts and develops general plant identification skills. 

Delivery method: Online learning with two optional in-person teaching sessions at Denmark Farm, Lampeter (15-03-2025 and 16-03-2025).

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.

Delivery method: Online learning with one in-person teaching session.

Amphibians are fascinating and unique in many aspects of their development, physiology and ecology and have wide-reaching importance in both the human environment and aquatic community structures.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

The UK’s woodlands are home to a diverse range of bird species, from the Nuthatch to the Goshawk. However, identifying birds in woodland areas can be challenging, as visibility is often restricted.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

This module will investigate and access the factors that control species diversity in our ecosystems and the ecological effect of man’s impact on the environment.