Experience

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  University of wales institute of science and technology (the)

  Sept 1985 - May 1986

  Ornithologist, angling & wildlife team
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  Nature conservancy council

  Nov 1986 - Aug 1987

  Field ornithologist
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  British trust for ornithology (bto)

  Dec 1987 - Sept 1989

  • Ringing Unit Assistant

    Apr 1989 - Sept 1989

  • Research Officer

    Dec 1987 - Mar 1989
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  Durham university

  Apr 1990 - Dec 2001

  Research associate (shorebird team)
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  Treshnish isles auk ringing group

  Jun 1996 - now

  Participant / leader

  Since 1971, the Treshnish Isles Auk Ringing Group (TIARG) has monitored, through ringing and census work, the breeding seabird populations of the Treshnish Isles, Argyll.

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  Wildfowl & wetlands trust

  Jan 2002 - Dec 2007

  Senior research officer
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  Rps group

  Dec 2007 - Mar 2010

  Senior ecological consultant (ornithologist)
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  The food and environment research agency

  Apr 2010 - Oct 2012

  Vertebrate ecologist (ornithologist)
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  Niras uk

  Oct 2012 - now

  • Technical Director

    May 2021 - now

  • Principal Ornithologist

    Jan 2019 - May 2021

  • Senior Ornithologist

    Oct 2012 - Dec 2018