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Teaching & related
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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:
Links are to the module descriptors on the University website.
Scroll down this page for pictures relating to the modules
activities (or click the pictures links above).
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Behavioural Ecology
Practicals
in the 2nd year include trips to the RSPB reserve at Ynis Hir to
study vigilance behaviour in groups of geese, observing the
foraging decisions of garden birds using nut feeders on campus,
and investigating mate choice in fish from the Institute's
aquarium.
 
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Animal Behaviour Field
Course
This module runs for the first time
in summer 2010. It 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:
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Catching, ringing & measuring birds
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Tracking foraging mammals
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Observing the local bat
colonies
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Analysing insect
behaviour
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...and much more!
 
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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. 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.
  
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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 and small group discussions.
 
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