This weekend I was at the Field Studies Centre at Preston Montford in Shropshire to learn about hoverflies. This is the penultimate course in my University Certificate in Biological Recording and Species Identification run by Manchester Metropolitan University. The course is run by Roger Morris and Stuart Ball of the Hoverfly Recording Scheme and I had previously …
The Journey So Far
Nearly six months ago (were does the time go?) I embarked on the greatest challenge of my life so far which was also the fulfillment of a childhood dream by starting MSc Taxonomy and Biodiversity awarded by Imperial College London but run by the Natural History Museum, London. I remember the first time I saw the course advertised, …
Beginnings
Well I've finally fulfilled my 2011 New Year's resolution and started a blog! Why has it taken so long? I would like to think that it is because I have been busy finishing my undergraduate degree with the Open University whilst balancing my wide personal interests alongside mental illness but really it has been a …
Victoria J. Burton 