Talks Information
Tom Prescott
Started life in conservation volunteering for RSPB at Insh Marshes, then Strumpshaw Fen in Norfolk where I then gained my first job as Assistant Warden. I subsequently worked for RSPB as a warden in Shetland, Wood of Cree, Insh Marshes (again) and on Hoy in Orkney and left after c10 years when I was Site Manager at Insh to work for Butterfly Conservation Scotland where I have been for the last 20 years and am now Senior Conservation Officer.
I work from home in Kingussie and cover the whole of Scotland primarily on some of our most threatened species, working with land owners and land managers to encourage them to undertake suitable management on their land and training/encouraging volunteers to get involved with survey and monitoring to help determine the status of our more threatened species.
Andrew Barbour
Rick Worrell
Rick has been a self-employed consultant since 1987, specialising in native woodland and growing broadleaves for quality timber. He was a research associate at the School of Forestry, University of Edinburgh from 1997-2002. He has served on the following Forestry Commission Committees: FCS Perth and Argyll Regional Forestry Forum, Home Grown Timber Advisory Committee, Timber Development Programme, FES Working Group on Quality Broadleaved Timber, Scottish Tree Health Advisory Group, Native Woodland Panel and the Forest Enterprise Environment Peer Review. Received the Silvicultural Prize of the Institute of Chartered Foresters in 1990 and 1999. He has published 50 professional papers and reports.
He is a member of the Government Advisory Body - The Forest Policy Group.
Sara Rasmussen (Raz)
Hello, I’m Sara (known to everyone as Raz). I’m delighted to have started working in this beautiful part of the world as the Ranger responsible for Loch of the Lowes and the Perthshire reserves. I have worked in the field of outdoor learning and youth conservation work for the past 20 years, and have just finished working for the RSPB, engaging schools with the reintroduction of the white-tailed eagles to east Scotland.
I’m really looking forward to contributing to the conservation work of the Scottish Wildlife Trust and working with the wide variety of volunteers that share a passion for nature.
An encounter with wildlife that really sticks in my mind is sea kayaking with basking sharks off the coast of Barra. On my bucket list is snorkelling with gannets as they dive on mass for fish near the Bass Rock.
Dr Kerry Kilshaw