Ecology

Over the years I've done a variety of ecological survey work which I've thoroughly enjoyed:

Paid

• Scottish Wildlife Trust Assistant to Northern Officer covering the Highlands and Islands - 11 years
• Ornithological surveys including: Vantage Point; Point Count; Breeding Bird; Common Bird Census; Woodland Breeding Bird, Lowland
• Breeding Bird and Moorland Breeding Bird transects; Seabird Counts; black grouse and merlin nest reconnaissance.
• Supported the Moray Firth Partnership Manager, including providing the secretariat for the Moray Firth SAC
• Contracts for the then Nature Conservancy Council and British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
• Private contracts for the River Spey Hydrological Scheme and Pitgaveny Estate
• Contracts for the RSPB: Shetland & Loch Garten
• Work at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory 

 

Voluntary 

• Regular practical habitat management for the RSPB at Culbin Bar and around the Cromarty Firth
• Part of the Buglife ‘Guardians of our River’ team on the River Peffery undertaking freshwater invertebrate surveys
• Working with Highland Council Amenities staff to manage the East Church, Cromarty graveyard to benefit nature.
• Solas for Nature - director
• BeeWalk transect for Bumblebee Conservation Trust
• Running my own garden and vegetable growing organically, and with a nature positive approach
• Butterfly transects
• Puffin food sampling
• Green lane surveys