We take advantage of our natural surrounding to create amazing fieldwork experiences in addition to opportunities to travel the world with residential overseas field trips.
Home to over 1500 species of plants, 400 species of birds and 50 terrestrial mammals, Doñana National Park, is one of the most critical biodiversity hotspots in Europe. You will explore the diversity of the habitat and organisms living in the area, and you’ll gain an understanding of the role of the National Park in conservation efforts and also practical experience of identification, critical observation and accurate recording of plants, invertebrates and animals.
Based in the beautiful Rift Valley, you’ll explore the staggering biodiversity of local aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, at the same time considering how best to monitor and protect it. Working with experts in African ecology, you will gain first-hand experience of the ecological processes and conservation issues common to the tropics. Together, we will evaluate the challenging balance between tropical conservation and human activity.
Explore the flora, fauna and soil ecology of Cornwall, and learn about the conservation efforts to restore the region's natural habitats. Students will have guided tours of the Eden Project and gain practical fieldwork skills by undertaking plant and nesting bird surveys. Excursions will give students the opportunity to undertake hands-on activities looking at habitat degradations and restorations, and developing the ability to identify, record and characterise plant, bird and marine species.
The ecology field course to Mull provides a chance to experience some amazing landscapes, from mountains to coasts, and to learn about the ecology of key plant and animal species. Each day you'll visit a variety of sites including mountains, rocky coastlines, fertile shell-sand beaches and heather moorland, with the aim of understanding the landscape, the place of key species within it, and conservation and management issues.
Nestled between the Lake District World Heritage Site, Yorkshire Dales National Park, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and nearby to major cities such as Manchester, Lancaster is ideally placed to study ecological, environmental, geographical and socioeconomic processes.
