PTES people

We chat to Matt Mitchell a student based at University College London and ZSL about his important work on extinct-in-the-wild species.

Sally's passionate about wildlife and conservation and has been volunteering with the dormouse monitoring programme since her retirement in 2019.

PhD student at the University of Liverpool and PTES partner. Her PhD research focuses on hazel dormice and she's working towards starting her career in conservation.

Emma Scotney is an ecologist for South West Lakes Trust, based in Devon.

Derek Yeomans is a Dormouse monitor at Fifehead Woods in North Dorset, who has been volunteering as a warden for The Woodland Trust for the last eight years, looking after three of their woodlands.

Ellie Scopes is a Project leader and PhD student at the University of Exeter who uses her favourite research techniques to help dormice!

Dr. Rachel Findlay-Robinson is a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Glasgow and PTES partner, who recently completed her PhD on dormice.

Alan Loweth is a dormouse monitor at the RSPB Broadwater Warren Nature Reserve. Alan fills many shoes as an Office Manager, Volunteer Co-ordinator and species surveyor. Alan has even helped put up all 178 nest boxes on site!

Debbie Cousins is a dormouse monitor at Basildon Park in Berkshire, but it's not just dormice she finds in the nest boxes!

As the Hedgehog Officer for Hedgehog Street, Grace works with PTES and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society to protect hedgehogs in the UK.

Ashley Pinnock is a Conservation Advisor for Essex & Suffolk Water and leads the dormouse monitoring at Hanningfield Reservoir. Ashley found his first dormouse in 2012 and hasn't looked back since!

Julie Mottishaw is a dormouse monitor at Chilworth and Wildwood in Surrey and has found baby pygmy shrews on her box checks!

Rebecca Klein is a PTES project leader and founder of Cheetah Conservation Botswana. She reflects on her proudest moments and the memorable experience of caring for two orphaned cubs.

Jamie is a dedicated Dormouse monitor at Goblin Combe in North Somerset. He's been working with dormice since 2006, has volunteered for the NDMP and even completed his Masters dissertation on site.

From her carefully planted herb garden to the wild corner full of dandelions, Amanda describes why she loves wildlife friendly gardening and what it means to her and her family to spend time in nature.

Laura is PTES' Conservation Officer and a big noble chafer fan! We chat about noble chafers, stag beetles, and managing PTES' beautiful nature reserves.

Nedko spends his time searching for the elusive Roach's mouse tailed dormouse in Bulgaria and often comes across other interesting species along the way.