Training Events

Good training underpins good biological records. CBDC delivers Recording for Beginners training and encourages recorders to attend species identification training in the County.

Fellfoot Forward Site Seeing Project

Thursday 20th January 2022.  7:00pm – 8:30pm  ( Online)

The Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme (LPS), led by the North Pennines AONB Partnership and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will be looking at the County Wildlife Sites in the scheme area.  These sites will play an important role in the Cumbria Local Nature Recovery Network as set out in the recent Environment Bill.  Join us for an informal session to find out more about the Fellfoot Forward Site LPS Seeing Project, County Wildlife Sites and how you can get involved.

Volunteer Surveyors wanted

As part of the Fellfoot Forward LPS Site Seeing project we are looking for volunteers who are interested in surveying County Wildlife Sites in the Fellfoot Forward project area. You will require at least reasonable vascular plant identification skills, although good ID skills in other taxa will be considered.

If you wish to find out more about this project please book on and attend this online introductory session.

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    Training Services

    CBDC offers a variety of training services. For more information, please contact our Recording Officer, Stuart.

    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre

    The Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle keeps wildlife information for the county of Cumbria. Tullie House Museum, in its role as a local natural history museum, has collected and disseminated records of wildlife in Cumbria since its inception in 1893. From the early 1990s the Museum has developed a computerised database of species and habitat records in Cumbria and has taken the central role in providing a local biodiversity data service for the county. This role was restyled as Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre (CBDC) in 2010, a not-for-profit organisation hosted by Tullie House Museum and advised by local stakeholders.
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreTuesday, September 2nd, 2025 at 5:01am
    There are still places on the upcoming session "Creating Self-Guided Walks" at Orton Market Hall on 14th September (morning only). If you are interested in how to create such walks - for websites, blogs, for local community groups, for visitors - do come along. Open to all - land managers, farmers, community groups, individuals.

    See you there!

    https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cumbria-ecoskills

    #biodiversity #walking #access #walkinginnature #wildliferecording
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreTuesday, August 19th, 2025 at 11:30pm
    We have two informative Cumbria Ecoskills training sessions coming up in September - open to all with an interest in the topics:
    - Sunday 14th September: creating self-guided walks (for anyone who wants to encourage your local community to explore existing walks in your area)
    - Saturday 20th September: an introduction to wildlife gardening (includes a plant which participants will pot up).

    Find out more about both courses here: https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/cumbria-ecoskills/
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, August 15th, 2025 at 6:27am
    We've just sent out our August newsletter - packed with Cumbrian wildlife recording and nature-related information.

    If you haven't subscribed, you can still pick it up from our website - see the 'newsletter' page!
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreMonday, June 30th, 2025 at 1:47am
    We're looking for a Seasonal Field Officer to join the County Wildlife Sites Project team - could this be you?
    Applications must be received by 9am tomorrow (1st July).

    https://www.cbdc.org.uk/about-us/job-vacancies/
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreSunday, June 29th, 2025 at 9:35pm
    Thank you to everyone who took part in Cumbria Wild Watch 2025! Without records from individual recorders, our understanding of the wildlife of Cumbria would be far less complete.

    #CumbriaWildWatch #Cumbria #30dayswild
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreSaturday, June 28th, 2025 at 9:12pm
    Fourth and final day of Cumbria Wild Watch - so if you haven't recorded anything yet - now is the time!
    Wherever you are in Cumbria, please record (and submit your records) the wildlife around you.
    CBDC will join Wild for Wigton at Throstle Park in Wigton from 10am to record the park and to share information on wildlife recording so do come along!

    https://www.cbdc.org.uk/get-involved/cumbria-wild-watch/

    #CumbriaWildWatch #Cumbria #30dayswild