Staff Upskill at K&OSA

Staff members from the Ecology Section of KOSA have been busy undertaking CPD and improving field skills since the start of the summer season.
Chris Peppiatt, Helen Carty and Jen Fisher have recently obtained their Certificates in Mammal ID from the Mammal Society following participation at a course held in Derrygonnelly Field Studies Centre, Co. Tyrone. Staff from the Ecology Section also attended an intensive Grass ID course at the same venue in May, led by Judith Allinson, author of the AIDGAP key. The annual Bat Conservation Ireland (BCI) workshop was also attended last weekend by members of the KOSA ecology team. Upcoming CPD includes Stage 1 Survey Methods for Freshwater Pearl Mussel Survey (Margaritifera margaritifera) to be provided by malacologist, Dr. Evelyn Moorkens and a course in Aquatic Macrophytes, which is to take place in late summer in Derrygonnelly.