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.
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    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreFriday, May 15th, 2026 at 10:23pm
    Love small mammals but not sure how to tell a vole from a shrew or a mouse?

    Join our short course 'Introduction to Small #Mammals' tomorrow.

    Free session, 10am-3pm. Last few places remaining!

    https://www.ticketsource.com/cumbria-ecoskills/introduction-to-small-mammals/e-qmmdve
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, May 13th, 2026 at 10:28pm
    Love butterflies but want to find out more about them, including how to identify them?

    Last chance to join the Introduction to #Butterflies short course tomorrow!

    Free course, 10am-1pm

    Book here: https://www.ticketsource.com/cumbria-ecoskills/introduction-to-butterflies/e-qmmdbe
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreThursday, May 7th, 2026 at 3:08am
    There are around 2,500 moths in the UK - from large and colourful hawkmoths to small LBJs*, Find out more at the 'Intro to Moths' course at Gosling Sike on 23rd May - last few places remaining.

    All welcome.

    https://www.ticketsource.com/cumbria-ecoskills/introduction-to-moths/e-aggego

    #mothidentification #wildlifecourses

    *Little brown ones
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreWednesday, May 6th, 2026 at 5:04am
    Love bees? Find out more and improve your identification skills at this free session at Orton Market Hall on 22nd May. All welcome!

    https://www.ticketsource.com/cumbria-ecoskills/introduction-to-bees/e-zeeoxr

    #bees #beeidentification #wildlifecourses
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreSunday, May 3rd, 2026 at 4:55am
    How do you tell a mouse from a shrew or a vole? Find out on the Cumbria Ecoskills short course looking at small mammals. Join us at Selsmergh Village Hall on Sunday 17th May for this free session.

    All welcome!

    https://www.ticketsource.com/cumbria-ecoskills/introduction-to-small-mammals/e-qmmdve

    #smallmammals #wildlifecourses #mammalID
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
    Cumbria Biodiversity Data CentreThursday, April 30th, 2026 at 4:59am
    With the sun shining, there are plenty of butterflies on the wing! You might start to spot caterpillars soon too. Want a bit of help with your butterfly/caterpillar identification? We have a course for you! Join us on 15th May for a FREE half day session at Bothel Village Hall.

    All welcome!

    https://www.ticketsource.com/cumbria-ecoskills/introduction-to-butterflies/e-qmmdbe

    #butterflies #identificationtraining #wildlifecourses