Bespoke Bird Survey Consultants
Based in the south east of England in Kent our team and network of associates can deliver all types of bird surveys throughout the United Kingdom. REQUEST A SURVEYBREEDING BIRD SURVEYS
Provides an estimate of the number/density and locations of breeding species.
species specific SURVEYS
Surveys of specific species such as peregrine, barn owl, kingfisher & black redstart.
WINTERING BIRD SURVEYS
Detailed info on the species, number and distribution of wintering birds in a given area.
thermal imaging SURVEYS
Nocturnal surveys are often included to provide information of the night time activities of birds.
VANTAGE POINT SURVEYS
Detailed impact assessments for large projects & significant infrastructure projects.
Habitat Creation & Mitigation
Habitat creation can be used as a form of mitigation for larger projects .
Welcome to Bird Surveys UK
The team at Bird Survey UK are very experienced professional ornithologists who have worked for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and Natural England having undertaken and delivered ornithological surveys over the last 30 years.
Our Principal Ornithologists
Sean McMinn
Sean McMinn has been working as a professional Ornithologist and Ecologist since 1980 both in the UK and overseas. His experience ranges from working at Portland and Dungeness Bird Observatories in the UK to resident Migration Programme Manager at Long Point Bird Observatory on Lake Erie, Canada.
After leaving Dungeness Bird Observatory Sean became freelance in 1989 setting up
www.marsh-environmental.com. He has been a regular specialist contributor on the subject of birds to various books, journals, periodicals and magazines throughout this period.
Sean is also a regular advisor on conservation and legislative issues for both government and non-government organisations having been a Consultant Wildlife Inspector for DEFRA’s Global Wildlife Division for 17 years. He is the holder of several Schedule 1 Bird Licences, is an A class bird ringer/trainer and is a certified JNCC European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) surveyor. Sean in addition to the above has led specialist bird tours on five continents over the last 25 years.
Bob Gomes
Bob holds a BTO A class ringer licence and is a member of the Swale Wader Ringing Group. He has undertaken sabbaticals in Djibouti, counting migrant raptors; Hong Kong, counting and mapping waders in Deep Bay at Mai Po Reserve. Bob also assisted with raptor counts at Eilat, Israel and at two sites in the French Pyrenees.
He is experienced in a wide range of bird survey techniques, breeding bird surveys, other ecological surveys for National NGOs and continues as a WeBS counter on the Swale Kent. Bob has travelled widely overseas on bird watching trips and has led specialist bird tours in Europe and North America.
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Breeding Bird Surveys
Provides an estimate of the number/density and locations of breeding species.
Vantage Point Surveys
Detailed impact assessments for large projects & significant infrastructure projects.
Habitat Creation & Mitigation
Habitat creation can be used as a form of mitigation for larger projects .
Wintering Bird Surveys
Detailed info on the species, number and distribution of wintering birds in a given area.
Specific Species Surveys
Surveys of specific species such as peregrine, barn owl, kingfisher & black redstart.