Based in Essex, Scott has been assisting with our breeding and wintering bird surveys. He also has experience undertaking bat scoping and emergence surveys, GCN pitfall trapping and translocation, reptile surveys and translocation as well as badger surveys and ECoW. Scott’s biggest wildlife passion is birds. He helped to create and run the ornithological society while at university and has volunteered for local ringing groups, working towards his bird ringing licence. In his spare time Scott is an avid wildlife photographer.
Scott Armstrong
Ecologist (East Anglia)

- Qualifications: BSc (Hons), GradCIEEM
- Specialisms: Birds, reptiles, amphibians, dormice, mammals
- Licences: Hazel dormouse
Dr Chris Gleed-Owen
Director & Principal Ecologist
Specialisms: Sand lizard, smooth snake, reptiles, GCN, natterjack toad, amphibians, non-marine molluscs, heathland, coastal dunes, biogeography, palaeoecology, palaeontology, geomorphology
Dan Hawthorn
Principal Ecologist
Specialisms: Dan has both GCN and Bat licences for England and Wales and has over 10 years’ experience working as a professional ecologist from a total of 25 years undertaking wildlife surveys.
Harri Wishart
Ecologist
Specialisms: Harri is particularly interested in reptiles and bats, and is excited to be working towards bat and GCN licences.
Steve Allen
Associate Ecologist & Arborist (Southeast/East Anglia)
Specialisms: Trees, Bats, Woodland, Fencing, Barn owl
Chris Cathrine
Associate Ecologist (Scotland)
Specialisms: Birds, invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, collision risk modelling
Noel Bergin
Associate Ecologist & Arborist (Southwest)
Specialisms: Bats, hazel dormouse, reptiles, heathland, woodland, trees, health & safety
Ian Bradley
Associate Ecologist (Northeast)
Specialisms: Great crested newt, amphibians, reptiles, badgers
Alex Flinn-Shephard
Assistant Ecologist (Midlands)
Specialisms: Biodiversity of farmland
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Mike Phillips
Associate Ecologist (Southeast)
Specialisms: GCN, reptiles, GIS/remote sensing, tree/habitat management.