Alexander Hatton

Experience

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  Mankwe Wildlife Reserve

  Sept 2004 - Feb 2005

  Assistant Warden (6 month period)

  Assisting in managing the reserve; teaching visiting university groups; taking game drives; wildlife management and population management; curating the reserve museum;

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  Department of Conservation (DOC)

  Mar 2005 - Aug 2005

  Ranger

  I was involved in working for the Department of Conservation on Tiritiri Matangi Island Reserve and Boundary Stream, Mainland Island Reserve. During this work I became involved in projects concerning the conservation of rare and endangered species. Much of the work was to restore the ecosystem of these animals, which included Kiwi, Takahe, Stitchbirds, Kokako and others by radio tracking, habitat management and education.

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  Central Science Laboratory

  Jan 2006 - May 2006

  Mammal Surveyor

  Gaining access to farmland to carry out transects at night to assess the mammal numbers in and around Pembrokeshire/Carmarthenshire.

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  Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group - Cymru

  Jan 2006 - May 2006

  Farm Adviser (voluntary- expenses paid)

  Visiting Farms and carrying out whole farm biodiversity reports to enthuse farmers to go above and beyond daily good farming practice.

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  BASC

  May 2006 - Jan 2011

  Biodiversity Project Officer

  North Wales Biodiversity Project Officer responsible for coordinating 330 land managers, covering 19% of North Wales to tie in to the Biodiversity Action Plan for each country and encourage this substantial contribution to hitting LBAP targets.

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  Ecologist- self employed

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2015

  Ecologist

  Bats- internal and emergence surveys; Great Crested Newts- bottle trapping; torching; pitfall trapping; newt fencing and gate opening and closing and re trenching newt fences.Dormouse surveys- boxes and tubes; nut huntsBadger Surveys/Sett surveysWater Vole surveys.Hedgerow bird surveys prior to disturbance.

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  Menter Mon

  Jan 2011 - Sept 2015

  Commons Development Officer

  Assessing habitats and species use of land through phase 1 type surveys; applying appropriate management prescriptions; budgeting; GIS mapping; negotiating bespoke contracts.

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  Atmos Consulting Ltd

  Oct 2015 - now

  Involved in many aspects of consultancy including : Protected species surveys; ECoW and named ecologist on development licences; phase 1 surveys; project management; report writing; ornithology surveys; Chair of project ecological steering group; Implementation of Habitat Management Plan (HMP); Business Development.

  • Technical Director, Ecology and Environmental Management

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Principal Ecologist

    Oct 2020 - Feb 2023

  • Senior Ecologist

    Apr 2017 - Oct 2020

  • Ecological Consultant

    Oct 2015 - Apr 2017