Staff

Colin Hicks BSc (Hons)

Colin studied marine biology at Plymouth University and now specialises in GIS databases and systems, together with protected species work and vegetation mapping within the rail corridors. He has full PTS and IWA qualifications for working railside.

Catriona Neil BSc (Hons) , CEnv, MIEEM

Catriona studied biological sciences at London University and now specialises in EcIAs, planning work, coastal ecology and management, and has wide experience in habitat and plant surveys. She has full PTS and IWA qualifications for working railside.

Jane Pilkington BSc (Hons) , PhD
Jane researched her PhD with Professors D. Jennings and T. Bradshaw at Liverpool University on plant tolerances to heavy metal contamination and now specialises in plant communities, habitat mapping and protected species work.

Adrian Spalding MA (Hons) (Cantab), Dip FBiol, FRES, FLS, MIEEM, PhD
Adrian has extensive experience of ecology in Britain and abroad. He has published books and scientific papers on a range of subjects and specialises in the ecology of derelict land, the management of railway corridor vegetation and habitat restoration for a range of species. He has full PTS and IWA qualifications for working railside. He has experience carrying out detailed survey work associated with wind farm developments.

Dylan Spalding BSc (Hons), MSc, MBCS
Dylan studied computer science at Reading University and specialises in computer programming and is the company statistician, using standard statistical techniques (e.g. principal component and multivariate analysis) for the analysis of detailed long-term monitoring projects.

Simon Barnard BSc (Hons), MSc
Simon studied Environmental Biology at the University of Nottingham, and Conservation and Biodiversity at the University of Exeter. He specialises in terrestrial habitat mapping, protected species work, mitigation proposals and habitat translocation.