Staff Profiles

Lindsay Carrington BSc MPhil MIEEM (Director)

Lindsay has been working as an ecologist since 1998 alongside conducting research on habitat creation since 2003, the combination of which has developed skills in a wide range of ecological surveys, research techniques and nature conservation management principles.  Prior to establishing Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services, Lindsay worked on numerous large scale projects, such as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Thamesmead Housing Development, Thames Gateway regeneration project and the West Coast Main Line refurbishment to name but a few.  Since establishing the company, Lindsay has been involved in ecological assessment of a wide range of construction projects of varying scales.  She has subsequently gained extensive experience in extended Phase 1 habitat survey, Phase 2 botanical survey such as NVC and protected species surveys, particularly bat, great crested newt, reptile, badger and water vole. Lindsay holds a Natural England licence to survey for great crested newts, barn owls and bats. She also has considerable experience in devising and implementing mitigation strategies for these species and has developed a related specialism in habitat restoration and creation through her research work.

Since establishing Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services in 2002 Lindsay has also been working towards a doctorate, researching methods into the successful establishment of semi-natural habitats on clay capped landfill and mechanisms by which they can be accelerated. Whilst this research aims at dealing with constraints associated with the clay cap, many aspects of the research relate to habitat restoration and creation in the wider context and translate directly to development related mitigation schemes.  A combination of experience gained through research and consultancy means that Lindsay has also developed skills in experimental design, establishing vegetation monitoring schemes and writing habitat management plans driven by an adaptive management principle.

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Jenny Ford BSc MSc MIEEM (Principal Ecologist)

Jenny is an ecologist with 10 years’ professional experience in ecology and environmental management. Working both as a commercial consultant and as a local authority ecologist, she has developed broad ecological experience.  Jenny has an excellent working knowledge of UK nature conservation legislation and policy and she has provided and developed training on biodiversity issues for planners across the South West.  Her outstanding approach to consultation and collaborative working with planners is illustrated by the River Avon SAC Planning Forum which she established and chaired for four years, resulting in a place in the national finals of the annual RTPI awards and winning the South West RTPI Philip Barclay Silver Cup in 2006.

She has extensive experience of statutory environmental impact assessments (EIA) and has undertaken Ecological Impact Assessment and compiled Environmental Statements for major infrastructure projects, airport development and large housing developments across the UK.  She has wide-ranging experience of all stages of EIA, including implementation of mitigation on-site through watching briefs on large projects such as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.  Jenny has amassed considerable expertise during her time as a local authority ecologist in the quality review of the ecological components of Environmental Statements, Sustainability Appraisal Reports, Appropriate Assessment and policy within Development Plan Documents.

With a certificate in Species Identification and Biological Recording from the University of Birmingham, Jenny is a skilled botanist with extensive experience of habitat survey and botanical monitoring.  She is a member of the Botanical Society of the British Isles and undertakes regular voluntary surveys for the Wiltshire botanical society.

Jenny holds a survey licence for all species of bat in all counties of England and is an active member of the Wiltshire Bat Group assisting in research including mist-netting, radio tracking and hibernacula surveys.  Jenny also holds a Natural England science and education licence for white-clawed crayfish and great crested newts.  She is skilled in the survey of reptiles and water voles and has considerable experience in designing and implementing mitigation schemes for both species groups, including extensive trapping and translocation programmes.

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Jenny Edwards BSc (Graduate Ecologist)

Jenny joined Lindsay Carrington Ecological Services in April 2007.  After graduating in Applied Geography from Bournemouth University in 2005 she has been involved in a range of conservation projects through her voluntary work with the National Trust in Dorset and as Field Officer with a consultancy in Kent.

With the National Trust Jenny was involved in the Heathland Project. She also assisted in numerous ecological surveys including ecological monitoring programmes, grazing impact assessment, and invertebrate surveys.  As field officer she worked on a large scale reptile translocation project.

Jenny has been involved in a number of projects since joining the company involving Phase 1 Habitat surveys and a range of protected species survey. Jenny also holds a great crested newt survey licence, a smooth snake and sand lizard survey licence, and is currently working towards her bat licence.

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