Better Birding (online)

Join expert wildlife guide Nick Patel for this engaging and informative online workshop. This session will be perfect for anyone interested in learning how to spot and identify birds, whether you’re a complete beginner or simply looking to refresh your birding skills.

Focusing on birds commonly seen in early spring, the session will begin with essential tips and techniques from Nick for identifying birds by their calls, flight patterns, habitats, and behaviour.

Through a step-by-step approach, Nick will help you build your birdwatching confidence, including practical advice on making the most of binoculars and other equipment.

Towards the end of the session we will take a 20 min break for participants to apply their new skills with some garden and street spotting. We’ll then come back together to share sightings and discuss further.

About your workshop leader, Nick Patel:

Nick is a tour guide, conservationist, naturalist and birder and is passionate about helping to protect, create and maintain British wildlife. A lifelong Birdwatcher, and former Nature reserve Warden, Nick has devoted his life to shouting about how amazing our native biodiversity is and just why we should care for it.

Nick says “Having led tours here at Heal Somerset for two years now, I’ve witnessed first-hand the speed at which nature has already made a comeback. I’m super passionate about showing everyone who visits the site the wealth of wildlife bouncing back, including some really beautiful species and fabulous rewilding habitats.”