I am a Dorset-based ecologist and in the late 1990s I developed an active interest in wildlife sound recording. Following training in wildlife sound recording run by the British Library and Royal Geographical Society, I successfully applied for a Fellowship in 2002. In spring of that year, I was very fortunate to spend five weeks in Hungary making recordings of birds and other wildlife including amphibians and mammals.

The purpose of my Fellowship was to develop skills in sound recording and collaborate with Hungarian conservationists. The recordings are held at the British Library wildlife sound archive. Some were used on wildlife sound guide CDs produced by the British Library. All are accessible to anyone with an interest in wildlife sounds for research or creative uses. My recordings have also been used in art installations and nature reserve interpretation centres.

In my current job I use ultrasonic recordings to identify bats. Recently I have been using acoustics for postgraduate research with Manchester Metropolitan University on the effects of forestry on biodiversity, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Forest Ecology and Management in March 2021.