I joined BioSS as a statistician/modeller in ecology & environmental science within the Ecology & Environmental Science group in May 2025. I will be working on a range of projects including the Scottish Power Renewables framework.

Before joining BioSS I worked at the University of East Anglia (UEA) where my research focused on understanding the demographic and environmental processes influencing the population dynamics of bird populations. I used national-level, long-term citizen science datasets (PECBMS & EuroCES) to understand the drivers of population decline and identify conservation priorities for Europe's Afro-Palaearctic migratory species. Through this work I have developed close collaborations with scientists working on complementary projects at the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Royal Society for the protection of Birds (RSPB).  

My main research projects included: 

• 'Using population synchrony to target conservation action', NERC funded.
• 'Bird population declines and species turnover are changing acoustic properties of spring soundscapes'.
• Analysis of territory density and habitat quaility of Breckland Forest SSSI Woodlark and Nightjar populations to inform a Habitat Regulations Assessment of novel sylviculture practices', Forestry Commission funded.
• 'Seasonal interactions and rapid population declines in Afro-Palaearctic migratory birds', NERC funded.
• 'Development of integrated population models to understand the drivers of population change in UK breeding birds'.

I currently co-supervise a student, Sarah Binnie, who is continuing this work in her PhD: ‘Linking landscape structure to productivity and population change in migratory birds'.

I am chair of the British Ornithologists Unions (BOU) meetings committee and an associate editor for the journals Ibis and Bird Study.