ECOLOGY SEARCH SERVICES
Search Dogs & Acoustic Surveys
07977 137421
or 07870 495859
About Us
Who are we?
Who are we?
We are specialists in carcass searches and bat monitoring at wind farms with over 10 years experience at 60+ wind farms across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
We are the affordable and reliable choice when it comes to meeting your project's needs.
Our Team
Prof. Fiona Mathews
fiona@ecologysearches.co.uk
Fiona led the National Bats and Wind Turbines Project that pioneered the protocols for assessing bat casualty risks at wind farms, including the use of search dogs and the first deployment of SM2 static detectors in the UK.
She has been a licensed bat worker for 25 years, is a member of Natural England’s Bat Expert Panel, and contributes to several Eurobats Scientific Advisory Working Groups (wind turbines, infrastructure, lighting, climate change).
She founded the free Ecobat
web tool – hosted by the Mammal Society – which helps improve the interpretation of bat survey data.
Katharine Evans
katharine@ecologysearches.co.uk
Katharine is a bat ecologist with 10 years experience working with search dogs having initially trained with Search Dogs UK for the National Bats and Wind Turbines Project.
She holds an Environmental Monitoring Systems Installer CSCS card and a CPD accredited Canine First Aid Certificate.
Prof. Tim Kendall
tim@ecologysearches.co.uk