Meet the Team
CEC has the largest team of experienced and licenced bat ecologists in the southwest.
Steve Marshall (MCIEEM) Senior Ecologist with the Bat team
Tel: 07752 618 205
Steve has worked for CEC for over 20 years. Steve’s work includes everything from simple bat and owl assessments to project management, surveying and reporting on large scale developments and as a named ecologist for major infrastructure schemes. Steve is a very experienced Natural England licence applicant, and has produced licence applications and method statements to allow works to bat roosts in several hundred cases.
Key skills include:
- Bat survey licence level 2 (surveying licence)
- Bat Mitigation Class licence (BMCL) Annexes B&D
- Barn owl survey licence
- CSCS card held
Dave Hunter BSc (Hons), MCIEEM – Bat Ecologist
Tel: 07717 840 795
Dave started working for CEC in 2004 as a subcontractor and as an employee from 2007. Dave is a highly experienced bat ecologist and has applied for many Natural England Mitigation licences to allow work to legally protected bat roosts. He has also produced many method statements and impact assessments to allow works to proceed at sites with bats and/or barn owls without breaching the legislation.
Key skills include:
- Bat survey licence Level 2
- Bat Mitigation Class Licence, Bats in Churches Class Licence
- Barn owl survey licence,
- CSCS card held
Steve Adams – Senior Ecologist
Tel: 07974 204079
BA (Hons), MSc, CEnv, MCIEEM
Steve has worked for CEC for 22 years and specialises in habitat surveys, land management advice and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), as well as holding licences for badgers, bats and dormice.
Key skills include:
- Bat survey licence level 2
- Bat activity and emergence surveys
- CSCS card held
Cathy Shaw MSc BSc(Hons) ACIEEM – Ecologist
Tel: 01872 302 312 Mob: 07787 423 559
Cathy has worked for CEC for 7 years. She is a multi-skilled ecologist having over 8 years’ experience working in this field. She undertakes a wide variety of ecology consultancy work.
Key skills include:
- Bat survey licence level 1 and working towards level 2
- Bat activity and emergence surveys
- Barn owl survey licence
- CSCS card held
Eldon Douglas BSc (Hons) QCIEEM- Assistant Ecologist
Mob: 07814 675911
Eldon Douglas Joined CEC in April 2021. He is a multi-skilled ecologist with 7 years of practical experience completing bat and barn owl, reptile, and dormouse surveys.
Key skills include:
- Bat survey licence level 2
- Bat activity and emergence surveys
- Barn owl survey licence
- CSCS card held
