I’m fascinated by migration and dispersal in ecology, biodiversity monitoring, land use policy, and human-wildlife interactions.
After an apprenticeship and 10-year career as an aircraft mechanic in the Royal Air Force, I made a career change into ecology. I studied Natural Sciences with the Open University and then completed an undergraduate biology degree and PhD at the University of St Andrews.
My PhD involved studying the migration and dispersal ecology of the Cyprus wheatear. Since then, I’ve worked on a range of projects spanning biodiversity monitoring, the impacts of agricultural policy on wildlife, and how human activity and landscape modification influence animal movement and space use. I’m currently contributing to a global initiative aimed at improving human–wildlife coexistence in the world’s unprotected areas.
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Rob Patchett 