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

We hope to run all these courses in 2025, if you would like to register interest please email info@fba.org.uk