Doctorate (PhD) in Environmental Economics and Management
Master’s Degree (MRes) in Ecology and Environmental Management
Law Master’s Degree (LLM) in Environmental Law and Practice
Bachelor of Science (BSc (Hons) degree in Zoology
Member (MCIEEM) of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
Member (MRSB) of the Royal Society of Biology and Chartered Biologist (CBiol)
Member (MArborA) of the Arboricultural Society
Fellow (FLS) of the Linnean Society of London
Attended multiple professional development courses including protected species: advanced bat surveying techniques, Bats: Assessing the Import of Development on Bats, Mitigation, Compensation and Enhancement, Arboriculture and Bats: Scoping Surveys for Arborists (Online) and Reptile and Amphibian ID and Surveying
Completed the Train the Trainer for Ecologists course (CIEEM)
Attended tree Works Recommendations and Trees and Planning – England (Arboricultural Association)
Holds protected species licences in Jersey and Guernsey
A zoologist and ecologist with more than 20 years’ experience working with small mammals and bats in the UK, South America, the Caribbean, and the Channel Islands.
Amy’s research has always focused on Bats, small mammals, trees, and habitats, and this continues to be the main theme of current research. Her MRes dissertation researched the use of small farm woodlands by bats, her LLM looked specifically at the protection afforded to bats under the English and Jersey legal regimes, and whether these jurisdictions with convention compliant. The PhD entailed researching small mammal movement patterns in habitat mosaics.
Amy has been a trainer for more than 20 years, first starting as a trainer at university, then later teaching IT at evening classes at Highlands College for 12 years. Amy taught on a graduate certificate course validated by the University of Kent, and more recently Amy has been involved in teaching several modules for a University of Exeter MSc course as well as teaching ecological skills and advanced techniques courses to trainees in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
In her work outside of Sangan Island Conservation Amy is the Chair of the Zoology Section of the Societe Jersiaise, Vice Chair of the Membership Admissions Committee (MAC) at the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM), a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) and Training Committees of the Mammal Society and a Trustee at Jersey Heritage Trust where she holds the titles of Chair of Jersey Heritage and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. Amy is also a Director of the Guernsey Nature Commission.
