Course description
Supported by the British Ecological Society, this one-day workshop in Woodland Ecology and Management offers a firm intellectual base from which participants can further their engagement in woodland ecology, or implement woodland management plans.
This opportunity will appeal to a broad range, including professionals in ecology and environmental management, woodland owners/managers including small woodland owners, students, charities and community groups.
Set in Wytham Woods, this workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore woodland ecology and management in one of the world’s most widely researched areas of woodland.
The workshop is offered once again this year, back by popular demand. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Further details
The workshop will be held from 10am to 5pm at Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire [Map]. Wytham lies about 3 miles (4.8 km) northwest of Oxford.
Dr Keith Kirby (previously advisor to Natural England) and Mr Nigel Fisher (conservator of Wytham Woods) will lead workshop participants on a journey through the essentials of woodland ecology and onto the vital woodland management techniques available to maintain these magnificent habitats. Both tutors hold considerable experience or teaching and research on this theme, and also have close professional connections with Wytham Woods.
Wytham Woods is an area of ancient semi-natural woodland, owned by the University of Oxford, and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The site has an exceptionally rich flora and fauna, and a wealth of long term biological data. Many aspects of the bird, mammal and invertebrate fauna there have been studied by the University.
This workshop will enable you to explore this tremendous ‘living laboratory’. Wytham Woods are also part of the Environmental Change Network and standardised recording to explore the effects of climate change has been taking place since 1991. More recently a 20 ha block has been marked out in collaboration with Earthwatch and the Smithsonian Institute in which all trees have been marked and measured as part of a worldwide series of plots to study carbon dynamics
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