Who we are

WrEN is a collaborative project between University of Stirling, Forest Research and Natural England, working in partnership with a range of government advisory agencies and non-governmental organisations.​ A large number of people have contributed to ideas, organisation, data collection and analysis.
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The WreN team on "retreat"! L to R: Kevin Watts, Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor, Nick Macgregor, Kirsty Park, Robbie Whytock, Lauren Fuller
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​Currently the core team consists of:
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Professor Kirsty Park (University of Stirling)
Dr Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor (Research Fellow, UoS)
Robbie Whytock (PhD student, UoS)
Dr Kevin Watts (Forest Research)
Mark Ferryman (Forest Research)
Dr Nick Macgregor (previously Natural England, now Parks Australia)

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Students 

Many undergraduate and master's students, based at Stirling or elsewhere, have contributed to the WrEN project and are listed in alphabetical order below:
  1. Thomas Armitage (undergraduate, UoS) "Ground invertebrate communities in secondary woodlands", 2013-14
  2. Anna Bolger (undergraduate, UoS) "Flying insect communities in secondary and ancient woodlands", 2016-17
  3. Adreea Boston (masters, University of Aberdeen) "The influence of hedgerows on bat foraging activity in woodlands", 2017.
  4. Emma Ghesquière (masters, Rennes University, France) "Bird occupancy patterns in secondary woodlands", 2016
  5. Jamie Irving (undergraduate, UoS) "Ground invertebrate communities in secondary woodlands", 2013-14
  6. Ed Lewis (undergraduate, University of Edinburgh) "Ground flora species in secondary woodlands", 2013
  7. Suzie May-Graham (masters, University of Leeds) "Use of secondary and ancient woodlands by foraging bats in England", 2016
  8. Lauren Murphy (masters, UoS) "Bryophyte distribution in secondary woodlands", 2014
  9. Clare Porteous (masters, UoS) "Ground flora species in secondary woodlands", 2014-15
  10. Ron Rotbarth (undergraduate, UoS) "Use of secondary and ancient woodlands by foraging bats in Scotland", 2016-17
  11. Nadine Royle (undergraduate, UoS) "Ground invertebrate communities in secondary and ancient woodlands in Scotland", 2016-17
  12. Marike Whyte (masters, University of Leeds) "Ground invertebrate communities in secondary and ancient woodlands in England", 2016
  13. James Winter (masters, UoS) " Assessing the impact of hedgerows on the activity of bats in central Scotland", 2017. 

Field assistants & contractors

Our work would not have been possible without the work of the skilled field assistants who have contributed to the WrEN field surveys and taxanomic identification. Listed in alphabetical order below:
  1. Roy Allen, invertebrate surveys, 2015
  2. Katy Baird, spider identification
  3. Katja Bitenc, invertebrate surveys, 2014
  4. Stephen Brennan, small mammal surveys, 2014
  5. Pete Carey, ground flora surveys, 2015-16
  6. Ruth Coxon, small mammal surveys, 2014
  7. Paul French, bird surveys, 2015
  8. Natasha Hambley, small mammal surveys, 2014
  9. Ian Hayward, invertebrate surveys, 2014
  10. Joe Hope, lichen surveys, 2014-15
  11. Lloyd Garvey, beetle identification
  12. Holly Langridge, small mammal surveys, 2014
  13. Zeltia Lopez, bat sound analysis, 2014-15
  14. Philip Sansum, moth surveyor, 2017 
  15. ​Will Scott, moth surveyor, 2017
  16. Rory Whytock, bird surveys, 2015
  17. Scott Wilson, ground flora surveys, 2015
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Some of the WrEN team....