My experience in ornithology spans more than a decade. This has involved research at the Natural History Museum, London, into plumage colouration and bill evolution, and bird flight and flocking behaviour at Royal Holloway, University of London.

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In my ornithological consultancy work, I regularly deliver Environmental Statement (ES) chapters, Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA), and Shadow Habitats Regulations Assessments (sHRA). I also lead the design and delivery of a range of ornithological surveys across the South West and Wales, including Breeding Bird Surveys, Winter Bird Surveys, SPA surveys, Nocturnal Surveys, and nesting checks.

 

I've been a licensed bird ringer since 2016 (now an S-permit trainer), conducting ringing on behalf of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). This involves placing small metal (and sometimes plastic) rings to birds' legs to help track their movements, monitor their survival, and study their behaviour. I've experience in general and targeted bird ringing projects across the UK, working with passerines, seabirds, waterfowl, and near-passerines in a variety of research and conservation settings. Projects have included seabird colour-ringing and noosing on offshore cliffs in Aberdeenshire, Puffin and Manx Shearwater studies at Skokholm Island Bird Observatory, cannon-netting and colour-ringing of gulls and waterfowl in Essex and Devon, and ringing priority heathland and woodland species in Wales and Somerset. I've also contributed to Nightingale monitoring at Knepp Estate — featured in David Attenborough's Wonder of Song.​