The A2 coursework will be done on a compulsory one week trip to Betws-y-Coed in Wales. Here candidates will study Freshwater Ecology, Woodland Ecology and Sand Dune Ecology (a day at the beach) as well as receive advice on coursework.
Various techniques will be used, these will involve kick-sampling, quadrats and line transects. Students will also learn that nothing is more fun than counting percentage cover of crustose lichen on an Oak tree.

Photographs from the 2004 trip to Betws-y-Coed. (click to enlarge)