Currently working as a Senior Ecologist. Skilled in ecological surveys for protected species; bat (activity monitoring, preliminary roost assessments, hibernation surveys), great crested newt (transects, bottle trapping, hand searching, egg searching, torching, eDNA, HSI), otter, badger (field signs and camera trapping), reptiles (transects, reptile mat checks). Also experienced in Phase 1/UKhab surveys, preliminary ecological appraisals and report writing for all of the above. Great crested newt level 1 survey licence and bat level 1 survey licence CL17 holder. I am a qualifying member of CIEEM working towards applying for associate membership.2020 graduate with strong professional experience prior to achieving a first class Bachelor of Science - BSc (hons) focused in Animal Behaviour and Wildlife Conservation with a dissertation focusing on the movements and behaviour of badgers and the environmental parameters which may have an affect. I have a CSCS card for ecologists, have passed personal track safety (PTS) exam to enable me to safely work on the railway, have a ROLO certificate for health and safety and am first aid trained.