Ringing Officer
Office:
Thetford
Team(s):
Ringing and Nest Recording Team
Louise works in the Ringing Recoveries team, processing information on ringed birds seen in Britain and Ireland, especially those ringed elsewhere. She also works on mobilising historic ringing data.
Louise's role entails shared management of UK ringing recoveries with Kevin Leighton, and primary management of foreign ringing recoveries. Louise also works on streamlining the upload of historic data to the ORACLE system.
Other Information
Louise is a qualified bird ringer, nest recorder, keen birder, walker, cyclist, conservation volunteer and butterfly enthusiast; more likely to be seen out on the road bike than in a birding crowd.
BSc (Hons) Biology & Chemistry, University of East Anglia, 1987-1990
PhD University of Cambridge, 1990-1994