I enjoy being busy, and since 2012 I have worked with two private Ecological Consultancies on a freelance basis, carrying out roost visits and Emergence and Re-entry bat surveys. I have a bat licence to disturb and handle bats.
It was whilst studying for the MSc that I started work as a Countryside Ranger for DWR Cymru Welsh Water.
I carry out freelance invertebrate and bird surveying and have worked for Natural Resources Wales, The Elan Valley Trust, Elan Links, The Brecknock Wildlife Trust and private conservationists.
I am used to speaking to groups of people and have given a variety of presentations to interested groups about bees and wasps, and a rewarding part of my conservation work is to teach about aculeates.
I have led workshops for the public about bees, both bumblebees and solitary species. Usually, I will combine a morning presentation with an afternoon out in the field. In a freelance capacity, it has been my pleasure to have led Identification Workshops for the Elan Valley Trust, Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, and the Biodiversity Information Service; the Local Records Centre for Breconshire, Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire.
My experience is in surveying for invertebrates, bats and birds and I have been working as a freelance surveyor since 2014.
I have a bat licence to disturb and handle bats.
Whilst working as a Countryside Ranger for Dwr Cymru, Welsh Water, it was essential to work alongside the farming and the local community. I applied for funding and worked with volunteers to build a community-based, wildlife garden and a floating nesting platform that was sited on a reservoir.
I am proud to have gained my chainsaw licence to fell and process small trees
Throughout my career i have worked as part of a team but I am also used to working on my own. I have experience of risk assessment and have been an IOSH Moving and Handling Trainer from 2010-2013.
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