About us

Abrehart Ecology Ltd is an experienced consultancy providing a wide range of ecological services. Based in Suffolk, our dynamic team offers pragmatic and cost-effective solutions with high-quality results. We have worked with clients from around the UK, tailoring our services to their needs with attention to detail.

Toby Abrehart - Director/Principal Ecologist

Brushcutter
Manually fed woodchipper
Lantra 4x4 driving
Level 2 Tree climbing
IFM Electric fishing

Licenses:

Level 1 GCN (CL08)
Level 1 Bats (CL17)
Roman snails
Jersey cudweed
A.vorticulus

Qualifications:

CIEEM full member
CSCS
FISC lvl 5
Aqautic invertebrate ID
Outdoor first aid

Toby is a highly experienced ecologist with expertise in terrestrial and freshwater molluscs, botany, ornithology, and mammalogy. He has worked with government agencies and conservation organizations to evaluate sites and provide management advice. Toby has also provided training for various clients and has experience in Western Europe in both botanical and invertebrate ecology.

Lindsey Jennings - Director/Project Coordinator

Lindsey joined Abrehart Ecology at the beginning of 2014, with over 12 years administration experience. Lindsey is one of the main point of contacts for our clients providing them with fee proposals and arranging site visits.

She provides support to the ecologists in house and in field, whilst also dealing with secretarial work dealing with a range of administrative tasks, such as accountancy work, appointments, and overseeing the planning of the company’s fieldwork diary.

Lindsey is trained in a variety of office software packages which helps towards invoicing, data inputting and producing presentations within the business. Lindsey became director of the company in 2023 after working here for seven years.

Thomas Jordan - Ecologist

SARG Competency
Brushcutter
Manually fed woodchipper
Water vole and otter training
Barn owl training

Licenses:

Level 1 GCN (CL08)

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons)
CSCS
Outdoor first aid
Lantra 4x4 driving
GCN eDNA Sampling

Thomas is a BSc (Hons) in Ecology graduate from 2020 and has been working with us for over three years. During his time here, he has gained valuable experience in brush cutting, habitat management, ecological fencing, as well as reptile surveys, water vole surveys, badger surveys, and bat surveys. He is also a GCN level 1 class licence holder.

Dave Bescoby - GIS Specialist

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons)
MSc

Dave has 25+ years of experience in the heritage sector, both in the UK and abroad. He holds an MSc with distinction in Geoarchaeology and completed his Ph.D on Roman Butrint, southern Albania. Dave is an Honorary lecturer at the University of East Anglia has published extensively on geoarchaeology and archaeological geophysics. His research interests include alluvial environmental histories, deposit modelling, and the use of GIS in predictive modelling and geophysics. Dave's recent projects include working on large saltmarsh vegetation comparisons to determine changes within estuaries in East Anglia over a 20-year period.

PhD
CSCS

James Roberts - Assistant Ecologist

Licenses:

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons)
CSCS
Outdoor first aid
CIEEM (Qualifying)
Full drivers licence

James graduated with a first class-degree in Biological Sciences BSc (Hons) in 2021. With an interest in entomology, he has already gained experience in freshwater and terrestrialinvertebrate lab techniques, taxonomic identification of several invertebrate families. He is also applied for a Great Crested Newt Level 1 licence and has had experience in Phase 1 PEA surveys, bat surveys and BNG surveys.

Lewis Cassidy - Assistant Ecologist

Licenses:

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons)
Outdoor first aid
Full drivers licence

Lewis has gained expierence in conducting PEAs and writing PEA reports and has undertaken a variety of surveys including bat and newt surveys. He completed a degree in Environmental Sciences and has a key interest in bats and fungi.

Jordan Squire - Trainee Ecologist

Licenses:

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons)
Full drivers licence

Jordan has gained expierence in conducting PEAs and writing PEA reports. He completed a degree in Ecology and Conservation and has a key interest in botany.

Josie Woods - Trainee Ecologist

Licenses:

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons)
Outdoor first aid
Full drivers licence

Josie is one of our newest employees and has already gained expierence in conducting PEAs and writing PEA reports. She completed a degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Science and has a key interest in small mammal ecology.

Terry Stopher - Ornithologist

Qualifications:

CSCS
Outdoor first aid

Terry is an experienced ornithologist and has expertise in breeding bird surveys, transects, winter bird surveys, bird ringing and species-specific surveys. He also has expeirnce in ECoW and has been involved with various large scale devlopment projects.

Licenses:

Level 1 Bat (CL17)
Barn owl (accredited agent)

Lantra 4x4 driving
Bird survey techniques
Phase 1 habitat