Tristam Pearce MCIEEM MRSB is Principal Ecologist. Tristam’s wealth of knowledge about wildlife (in particular badger and fox ecology) has been built up over the past 30 years, working alongside his father and learning at first hand from the animals themselves both in the wild and in the wildlife rehabilitation centre.Today, as a company director and a CIEEM chartered ecologist, Tristam is actively involved in every aspect of protected species surveying, monitoring, conservation and mitigation, as well as taking the lead role in project management. He has experience in surveying for badgers, otters, bats, amphibians, reptiles, water voles, barn owls and white-clawed crayfish. He has substantial practical experience of sensitive planning issues and has been issued with numerous licenses from Natural England, DEFRA and the Natural Resources Wales. Tris leads his field in badger surveying and licensed mitigation. He is a member of the Royal Society of Biology and has sat on the Board of Trustees at the Badger Trust. Locally, he is a committee member for both the Shropshire Mammal Group and the Shropshire Badger Group.