We hope to have most dates for 2025 FISCs listed here by 31 March 2025. Some dates are starting to come available to book and are listed below. Please check back regularly. We are working hard behind the scenes to continue to expand FISC provision in 2025 to help meet demand and to also make FISCs available in Wales and Ireland in the not too distant future.
30 May - Oxfordshire. Provider: FSC. Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) with the Field Studies Council – Field Studies Council.
4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19 June - Preston Montford. Provider: Field Studies Council and Arvensis Ecology: Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) – Field Studies Council
11 June - Devon. Provider: Devon Biodiversity Record Centre. Booking Link: Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) Registration, Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM | Eventbrite
17 June- Rutland. Provider: Natural England. Booking link coming soon.
25 and 26 June - Hartpury University, Gloucester. Provider: Hartpury University. Field Identification Skills Certificate (Botany) | Hartpury University
26 June - North Devon. Provider: FSC. Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) with the Field Studies Council – Field Studies Council
27 June - Budleigh Salterton. Provider: FSC. Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) with the Field Studies Council – Field Studies Council
2 July - Cassington. Provider: BSG Ecology, Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) - Oxfordshire Tickets, Wed 2 Jul 2025 at 09:30 | Eventbrite
9 July-Wallingford. Provider: Natural England. Booking link coming soon.
9 and 10 July-Clitheroe. Provider Bowland Ecology. Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) - Clitheroe, July 2025 Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite
11 July - Devon. Provider: Devon Biodiversity Record Centre. Booking Link: Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) Registration, Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM | Eventbrite
17 and 18 July - Leatherhead, England. Provider: Surrey Wildlife Trust. Booking link: Field Identification Skills Certificate | Surrey Wildlife Trust
18th July - Southport. Provider: Styles Ecology Ltd. Booking Link: Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) | British Botany
25 July - Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Provider: FSC. Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) with the Field Studies Council – Field Studies Council
5th and 6th Aug - Northumberland. Provider: E3 Ecology. Booking link coming soon.
6 Aug- Ingleborough. Provider: Natural England. Booking link coming soon.
12 Aug-Norwich. Provider: Natural England. Booking link coming soon.
29 Aug - Hertford, England. Provider: HMWT. Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC)
If you are new to FISCs and are interested in learning more about how a FISC works before you do the exam, you may want to consider attending a mock FISC. Any level indicated through this process is for guidance only and cannot be used in any other way.
Mock FISC dates:
21st May - Wiltshire. Provider: Plantlife Mock FISC Assessment: Wiltshire Tickets, Wed, May 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
6 and 13 June - Shropshire. Provider: Preston Monford FSC Mock Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC) – Field Studies Council.
9 July - Somerset. Provider: Plantlife Mock FISC Assessment: Somerset Tickets, Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
Please note that FISC Providers are free to set their own fees and many are choosing to pay their FISC Assessors and Gold Standard Surveyors, who are all Level 5 botanists, professional rates to reflect their expertise. There will be a range of prices across the Providers and some discounted places too for students and eligible volunteers.
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