The Associates
John Andrews CBiol MIBiol is an ecologist and specialist ornithologist with over 30 years experience in the management, restoration and creation of wildlife habitats. He is author of habitat management textbooks including The Farming and Wildlife Handbook and Gravel Pit Restoration for Wildlife.
Diana Ward MSc DIC CBiol MIBiol MIEEM is senior editor of The New Rivers and Wildlife Handbook and has over 20 years experience as a wetland ecologist with a particular focus on SSSIs with sensitive hydrological and water quality requirements. She also specialises in the preparation of bird management plans for sites in airfield safeguarding zones.
Peter Kirby BA PhD has 25 years experience in invertebrate survey in a wide range of terrestrial and aquatic habitats throughout Britain and in the use of invertebrate information in site assessment and management planning. He is author of Habitat Management for Invertebrates: a practical handbook.
Martin Drake BA PhD has 30 years experience as an invertebrate specialist and surveyor of a wide range of habitats throughout Britain. Formerly an invertebrate specialist at English Nature with particular responsibility for wetland issues, he has written over 70 publications and numerous reports.
The hornet - a usually amiable insect. Invertebrate survey can be an important element of site assessment but the findings need careful interpretation.
Sarah Lambert BSc is a specialist in botanical survey, site assessment and management planning with extensive experience of Phase 1, Phase 2, River Corridor Survey, HEGS and NVC survey and evaluation of calcareous, neutral and acid grassland, heath, wetlands, hedgerows, scrub and woodlands.
Henry Andrews is a botanist and specialist in survey for protected species including amphibians, reptiles, dormice, water voles, bats and badgers and in the development of effective mitigation measures. He has extensive experience in undertaking baseline evaluation of sites to support planning applications.
Roland Randall MSc PhD MIEEM is a botanist and fluvial geomorphologist with over 30 years experience in the UK and abroad. He has worked on the range of UK plant communities and has particularly extensive knowledge of grasslands, heathlands, broadleaved woodlands, shingle shores, dunes and machair.
Paul Chanin PhD is a mammal ecologist with over 30 years experience. Internationally known for his work on otters and author of two books on the species, he also has considerable experience of other protected species of mammals and is a vice-chairman of The Mammal Society.
Chris Gleed-Owen BSc PhD MIIEM is a highly experienced herpetologist and currently vice-chair of the British Herpetological Society. In his former post as research and monitoring officer for the Herpetological Trust, he coordinated the National Amphibian and Reptile Recording Scheme and rare species monitoring programmes.