If you’re interested in finding out more about earthworms but don’t know where to start, then this online training course is the course for you. Discovering Earthworms is a very gentle introduction to these ecologically important underground animals, covering earthworm biology, ecology, behaviour and diversity over 4 weeks.
A chance to learn about earthworm sampling and help us sample earthworms at Lower Moor Nature Reserve (including Clattinger Farm, Lower Moor Farm, Sandpool and Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow) in Wiltshire.
Learn how which morphological features are used to identify British earthworms to species using microscopes, our specimen training collection, the Key to the Earthworms of the UK and Ireland - all under the supervision of one of our specialist tutors in London.
This residential course incorporates everything you need to know to be able to accurately identify and record earthworms to species. It will consist of a range of classroom, lab and field activities at the FSC Juniper Hall Field Centre in Surrey.