Skills & Experience
- Specialist ornithology research and fieldwork
- Technical report writing and reviewing
- GIS spatial analysis
- Data analysis in R
- Survey design and project management
- Bird ringing training
- Teaching, seminars and lectures
Honours & Awards
- British Ecological Society (BES) Conference Student Poster Prize (Runner-up Best Poster) – December 2019
- Queen’s University Belfast Medicine & Life Sciences Faculty Graduate Poster Competition (Winner, Best Faculty Poster) – June 2021
- President of Copeland Bird Observatory (appointed April 2023)
Memberships
- Birdwatch Ireland
- British Ecological Society
- British Ornithologist’s Union
- British Trust for Ornithology
- Charted Institute of Ecology and Ecological Management (MCIEEM)
- Copeland Bird Observatory
- Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group
- Raptor Research Foundation
- RSPB
Conferences attended
- Frontiers and Horizons in Ecology – November 2018
- Irish Ecological Association – January 2019
- British Trust for Ornithology (NI) – November 2019
- British Ecological Society (BES) – December 2019
- North American Ornithological Conference – July 2020
- Raptor Research Foundation Conference – December 2020
- British Trust for Ornithology (NI) – November 2020
- Irish Ecological Association Conference – January 2021
- British Trust for Ornithology (NI) – November 2021
- Raptor Research Foundation Conference – November 2021
- Irish Raptor Study Group Conference – March 2022
- British Trust for Ornithology (NI) – November 2022
- Scottish Ornithologist’s Club Annual Conference – November 2022
- British Ecological Society – December 2023
Education
- BSc Psychology (University of Ulster) – December 2008
- MSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare (Queen’s University Belfast) – December 2012
- PhD The Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus in Ireland – 2022
Media
- BBC Homeground – Breeding Captive Waterfowl (June 2018)
- Swimming Head Productions – Conserving Kestrels (July 2020)
- BBC Homeground – Cannon netting waders on Carlingford Lough (May 2021)
- BBC News – Kestrel camera offers candid look at Irish birds of prey (May 2021)
- Mooney Goes Wild (RTÉ Radio 1) – Kestrels in Ireland (May 2021)
Publishing
- Scottish Raptor Monitoring Group Newsletter (October 2019) – contributed article
- Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group Newsletter (March 2020) – contributed article
- British Ecological Society (BES) – The Niche – BES Conference Student Poster Prize Winner (March 2020)
- Birdwatch Ireland – Wings: 102 – Ringing Tales: Manx Shearwaters at Copeland Bird Observatory (Autumn 2021)
- Birdwatch (UK Magazine) – Northern Ireland’s Seabird Sanctuary: Copeland Bird Observatory (January 2025)