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Kate Taylor

Kate Taylor

Ecologist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Freelance Senior Ecologist

  • Education

    • Lancaster University

      1998 - 2001
      Bachelor of Science - BSc Ecology 2.1

      Activities and Societies: Conservation Volunteers

  • Experience

    • Lapwings Consultants/Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

      May 2003 - Dec 2009
      Ecologist

      Carrying out protected species surveys, writing reports and mitigation plans. Writing EPS licence applications and overseeing work under licence. Great crested newt translocation projects. Badger sett removal and replacement project. ECOW work.

    • KT Nestboxes

      Dec 2009 - now
      Business Owner

      Making and selling wooden bird and mammal boxes and feeders.

    • SLR Consulting

      Mar 2013 - Jun 2022
      Ecologist/Senior Ecologist

      Carrying out protected species surveys at various sites across the UK. Including bat dusk/dawn and transect surveys, tree and building assessements, scoping surveys, badger surveys, newt surveys (including eDNA and HSI), GCN and reptile translocation projects and ECOW,

    • Subcontractor

      Aug 2018 - now
      Senior Ecologist

    • AECOM

      Aug 2019 - Oct 2019
      Senior Ecologist

      Carrying out tree PRF assessments and great crested newt surveys for a large scale infrastructure project in the Midlands.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • HS2 Safety Passport/Safe At Heart Card

      Aug 2019

    • CSCS card (Academically Qualified Person)

      CSCS
      Aug 2024

    • Bat survey licence (Level 2)

      Natural England

    • Crayfish survey licence

      Natural England

    • Great crested newt survey licence (Level 1)

      Natural England

    • Certificate of Bat Acoustics Analysis

      BatAbility Courses & Tuition
      Dec 2024

    • Water Safety Training RLSS NWSMP Level 1 & Level 2 (River & In-Water Skills)

      Birmingham & Midland Marine Services Temporary Marine Access, Rescue Boat & Water Safety Training
      Mar 2020

    • IPAF Harness certificate

      International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)
      Sept 2021

    • Barn owl survey licence

      Natural England

    • Emergency First Aid at Work

      Staffordshire First Aid Training
      Aug 2022

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Treasurer

      Issued by Worcestershire Bat Group on Dec 2023
      Worcestershire Bat GroupAssociated with Kate Taylor

    • Survey & Planning Assistant

      Issued by Somerset Environmental Records Centre (SERC) on Mar 2002
      Somerset Environmental Records Centre (SERC)Associated with Kate Taylor