ECOLOGICAL SERVICES - Key Persons
Adam joined LC Ecological Services (LCES) as a permanent member of staff in June 2022 following two years as a seasonal assistant. Prior to joining LCES Adam has gained invaluable experience through both employment and voluntary opportunities, including working with mute swans at Abbotsbury Swannery, livestock and farm management as well as practical conservation. Adam studied a BSc in Applied Terrestrial and Marine Ecology at Bangor university between 2014 and 2018 during which he spent a lot of time participating in co-curricular activities such as Bird watching, botanical surveys, and spent 6 weeks in Romania studying blue butterflies as part of his dissertation. Since joining LCES Adam has been involved in a number of projects including Phase 1 Habitat and more recently UK Habitat Classification surveys, a multitude of protected species surveys including bats, breeding birds, reptiles, great crested newts and dormice and subsequently writing reports including PRAs, PEAs and ECIAs.
Andrew has been a full-time member of the team since 2017 and is an experienced ecologist who now manages a wide variety of projects and is accomplished in delivering ecological survey work and mitigation / enhancement strategies for clients. Prior to joining LCES Andrew graduated with a bachelor of science degree in Environmental Science from Bath Spa University in 2011 and then following this he became extensively involved in voluntary activities within Shropshire, including botanical surveys, butterfly surveys, bird surveys, practical habitat management, and he was a committee member of a community wildlife group. Andrew also completed two seasonal contracts working for other ecological consultancies before joining LCES. During his volunteer work Andrew developed strong botanical identification and survey skills and achieved Level 4 on the Botanical Society's Field Identification Skills Certificate (FISC). Andrew has successfully transferred his botanical knowledge and skills into his consultancy role, and he now specialises in undertaking detailed botanical surveys, assessment and monitoring work, including National Vegetation Classification (NVC) survey. Andrew also has a strong interest in protected species and holds Natural England and Natural Resources Wales survey licences for dormice and great crested newt, as well as a number of Natural England mitigation licences for dormice.
Andrew continues to pursue and develop his specialist intertest areas in botany and landscape management through voluntary activities, visits to nature reserves, rare plant hunting, training and study. He is also continually developing his ecological consultancy skills through his work experience.
Ben joined LC Ecological Services in 2022 and has since lead on a variety of projects ranging from small domestic schemes to large housing developments. Ben graduated from Sparsholt University Centre with a BSc (Hons) in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and possesses a Class 2 survey license for bats as well as a Class 1 survey license for dormice. His expertise extends to proficiently conducting ecological appraisals, protected species surveys, and authoring comprehensive Ecological Impact Assessments. Outside of his professional endeavours, Ben enjoys volunteering with both the Hampshire Bat Group and Hampshire Dormouse Group.
Job Titles:
- Geographical Information Systems Specialist
- GIS Specialist
David joined the company in 2022, after working as a teacher and farm manager in Wales and the Midlands. David graduated with distinction after completing his Master's degree in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Conservtion from the University of South Wales. David volunteered for a year at the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority before becoming a lecturer in agriculture and countryside management at Bridgend College. He has taught GIS at a varietyof organisations, including the Wildlife Trusts and ecological consultancies. David has experience with the administration and application of agri-environment schemes, as well as a wide range of geospatial technologies and services. David also has experience in coding, and the deployment of custom produced mobile phone apps, QGIS plugins and scripts in ecological and land management scenarios.
David's work covers the GIS and mapping elements of all projects, including the roll out of Biodiversity Net Gain and the Biodiversity Metric within the business, as well as developing and delivering some of the company's training programmes.
He is certified in the Morph5 River Condition Assesment methodology, required for assessing rivers for Biodiversity Net Gain.
He is also a qualified drone operator.
David is the Geographical Information Systems Specialist, his work concentrates mainly on Biodiversity Net Gain, and the mapping element in most projects.
Lindsay has been working as an ecologist since 1998 alongside conducting research on habitat creation since 2003, the combination of which has developed skills in a wide range of ecological surveys, research techniques and nature conservation management principles. Prior to establishing Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services, Lindsay worked on numerous large scale projects, such as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Thamesmead Housing Development, Thames Gateway regeneration project and the West Coast Main Line refurbishment to name but a few. Since establishing the company, Lindsay has been involved in ecological assessment of a wide range of construction projects of varying scales. She has subsequently gained extensive experience in extended Phase 1 habitat survey, Phase 2 botanical survey such as NVC and protected species surveys, particularly bat surveys, great crested newt surveys, reptile surveys, badger surveys and water vole surveys. Lindsay has a Natural England licence to survey for great crested newts and barn owls and is a registered consultant for the Bat Low Impact Class Licence. She also has considerable experience in devising and implementing mitigation strategies for these species and has developed a related specialism in habitat restoration and creation through her research work.
Establishing Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services in 2002, Lindsay then began working towards her doctorate, researching methods into the successful establishment of semi-natural habitats on clay capped landfill and mechanisms by which they can be accelerated. Whilst her research aimed at dealing with constraints associated with the clay cap, many aspects of the research related to habitat restoration and creation in the wider context and translate directly to development related mitigation schemes. A combination of experience gained through research and consultancy means that Lindsay has also developed skills in experimental design, establishing vegetation monitoring schemes and writing habitat management plans driven by an adaptive management principle.
Elen joined LCES as a part-time trainee ecologist in October 2014 whilst studying for a BSc in Ecology and Conservation Management, before becoming full time as an assistant ecologist in June 2017. During her time at LCES, Elen has developed a high standard of plant identification skills allowing detailed botanical surveys and has focused on participating in herpetological surveys and translocations.
Elen has gained experience in phase 1 and 2 bat surveys, badger, dormice and great crested newt surveys. She currently organises and participates in Phase 1 habitat surveys and ecological appraisals using the results to prepare ecological reports.
Elen also has experience in writing BREEAM assessments and ecological management plans.
Hannah joined Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services (LCES) as a permanent member of staff in March 2022. Prior to joining LCES, Hannah worked in zoos and rescue centres for over twenty years, gaining handling experience with a wide variety of mammals and specialising in primates. Hannah also worked as a research assistant, conducting invertebrate surveys for Lancashire Wildlife Trust and wintering bird surveys for the Environment Agency. Since joining LCES, Hannah has been involved in organising and undertaking protected species surveys for a variety of species, including birds, bats, invertebrates and reptiles, and continues to develop her reporting skills, having gained experience in writing PRAs, PEAs, EcIAs and LEMPs.
Jenny has worked as an ecologist for over eight years with Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services. Since joining the company in 2007, she has developed a wide range of ecological skills from survey techniques to implementing mitigation strategies. Jenny has been involved in a number of projects including Phase 1 Habitat surveys, biodiversity assessments, BREEAM assessments, a range of protected species surveys including reptiles, great crested newts, bats and dormice. Jenny holds a number of bat development licenses for species such as pipistrelle, long-eared, whiskered and serotine bats.
Jenny graduated in Applied Geography from Bournemouth University in 2005 and prior to joining the company she was involved in a range of conservation projects through her voluntary work with the National Trust in Dorset. She was involved in the Heathland Project and assisted in numerous ecological surveys including ecological monitoring programmes, grazing impact assessment, and invertebrate surveys. She has extensive experience of reptile handling and surveying for which she was involved in a large translocation project whilst working for a consultancy in Kent. During her time with the National Trust Jenny was able to gain further experience of handling and surveying for reptiles and holds a sand lizard and smooth snake survey licence.
Jenny holds a great crested newt survey licence and licences for all species of bats in all counties of England as well as being a registered consultant for the Bat Low Impact Class Licence. She has also been able to gain experience of handling and surveying dormice through monitoring programmes on the Lulworth Ranges and on RSPB reserves, and has gained her own survey licence for this species.
William joined the company in February 2017 after working as an ecologist for two years in Hampshire. William graduated with merit after completing his master's degree in species identification and habitat survey from the University of Reading. This degree was designed with the consultancy RSK and involved a six-month placement at EPR. William has worked as an ecological consultant since 2014 and has undertaken voluntary survey for a number of wildlife charities in this time. William holds a European protected species survey licence for both great crested newt and dormouse.
William has experience working on a wide range of projects from major infrastructure projects in England and Wales to modifications to single residences. William's work covers all elements of ecological consultancy and includes ecological survey, mitigation and enhancement planning, clerk of works and project support work. William has a significant amount of experience in surveying for bats, reptiles, great crested newt, dormouse, otters, water vole and in the creation of mitigation and enhancement for these species.