Field Studies Council

The Field Studies Council is an environmental education charity committed to helping people understand, and be inspired, by the natural world. It has a network of 17 education centres in the UK, providing fieldwork experience and practical courses for thousands of students every year. It also produces a range of publications, including pictorial field guides for species identification.

2022 events

Field Identification of Solitary Wasps with the FSC

Riverfly Volunteer Identifcation Day with the FSC

Field Identification of Conspicuous Ladybirds: Adults and Larvae, with the FSC

Bushy Park Invertebrate Volunteer ID Day with the FSC

Field Identification of Hoverflies with the FSC

Ground Beetle Identification with Microscopes: Species, with the FSC

Ground Beetle ID with Microscopes: Tribes, with the FSC

Mayfly Larvae Identification with Microscopes with the FSC

Stonefly Larvae Identification with Microscopes with the FSC

What is Insect Week?

Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects.

The Royal Entomological Society organises the week, supported by a large number of partner organisations with interests in the science, natural history and conservation of insects.