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I am Coordinator of the BSc Animal Behaviour degree scheme(C120).   Click here for a brochure.

I also teach on the following modules:

• BR12210        Molecular Laboratory Skills (Behaviour Pathway)

• BR21620        Ethology

• BR24310        Zoo Science (Module Coordinator)

• BS 30110       Animal Behaviour Field Course (Module Coordinator)

• BS 34420       Current Topics in Behavioural Biology (Module Coordinator)

• BS 32930       Honours Projects (Supervisor)

          Links are to the module descriptors on the University website.

Animal Behaviour Field Course

This module is a week-long residential module based at Flatford Mill Field Studies Centre in Suffolk.  Students design and take part in a wide range of field observations & experiments relating to animal behaviour, including:

• Catching, ringing & measuring birds

• Tracking foraging mammals

• Bat behaviour

• Decision making in insects

• Predator/prey dynamics in freshwater environments

• ...and much more, including student-devised projects

These three videos were made by students as a "report" on a project that investigated giving up densities in small mammals. (Scroll down to see the other 2)  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

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Honours Projects

Each year I supervise a number of 3rd year honours projects.  Students are encouraged to design and carry out their own research project on a behavioural topic of interest to them. 

In 2011 my project student Victoria Franks (left) was named European Biology Student of the Year in the annual SET Awards for her project. More details of Victoria's achievement can be found here and a brief video of the Awards ceremony is available on YouTube.

Other recent projects have investigated environmental enrichment of zoo animals such as otters and reptiles; effects of urban noise on blackbird alarm calls; red kite behaviour at feeding stations; hoverfly foraging; grouping behaviour of marine prey in response to predators, and many more..

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Tutorials

My 1st year tutorials include a visit to the red kite feeding centre at Nant y Arian as well as tutorials in the Institute's museum, aquarium, the University woodland, training in radio-tracking and small group discussions.

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