
Courses 2025
We have a range of courses on offer in 2025 for beginners, enthusiasts and professionals. Learn to identify freshwater life and develop your understanding of sampling and monitoring with specialist tutors.
We hope to run all these courses in 2025, if you would like to register interest please email info@fba.org.uk
Check out our collection of courses for 2025!
APRIL
3rd - 4th April 2025
River Restoration – Modelling Course for lowland and upland river settings with George Heritage & Rob Williamson
8th - 9th April 2025
Sampling and Identifying Freshwater Invertebrates with John Davy-Bowker
MAY
1st - 2nd May 2025
Stoneflies, Mayflies and Caddisflies with Craig McAdam
Saturday 17th May 2025
Entomology for Anglers Level 1 with Andrew Dixon and Stuart Crofts
JUNE
2nd - 3rd June 2025
River Restoration Training in Carlisle with George Heritage, Kieran Sheehan, Simon Johnson
9th - 13th June 2025
Freshwater Algal Identification with David John, Martyn Kelly, Alan Pentecost and Bill Brierley
30th June - 1st July 2025
Introduction to Macrophyte Identification with Tim Jones at the River Laboratory, Dorset
JULY
3rd - 4th July 2025
Pond Restoration Training with Carl Sayer and Helen Greaves in Norfolk
14th - 16th July 2025
Macrophyte Identification Accredited Course (including examination) with Tim Jones, at the River Laboratory, Dorset
SEPTEMBER
8th - 12th September 2025 (TBC)
Freshwater Algal Identification with David John, Martyn Kelly, Alan Pentecost and Bill Brierley
Date September 2025 (TBC)
Entomology for Anglers Level 2 with Andrew Dixon and Stuart Crofts
OCTOBER
Date October 2025 (TBC)
Entomology for Anglers Level 3 with Andrew Dixon and Stuart Crofts
9th - 10th October 2025
River Invertebrate Prediction and Classification System (RIVPACS/RICT) Training at the River Laboratory (Dorset) with John Davy-Bowker and John Murray-Bligh
NOVEMBER
5th - 7th November 2025
Invertebrate Identification for Biotic Assessment Accreditation (including examination) with John Davy-Bowker
We hope to run all these courses in 2025, if you would like to register interest please email info@fba.org.uk








