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Find your local adviser

The RSPB has a network of advisers able to help with conservation management of farmland for birds. 

UK: Arable farming systems and lowland farmland birds

Richard Winspear
Agricultural Adviser
E-mail: richard.winspear@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01767 693050

UK: Uplands and livestock farming systems and upland birds

Gethin Davies
Agricultural Adviser
E-mail: gethin.davies@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01597 827416

England

Eastern England

Simon Tonkin
Farmland Conservation Officer
E-mail: simon.tonkin@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01603 697586

Midlands

Kirsty Brannan
Farmland Conservation Officer
E-mail: kirsty.brannan@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01295 676466

North East England

Gary Woodburn
Regional Farmland Birds Adviser
E-mail: gary.woodburn@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 0191 233 4307

North West England

David Morris
Regional Farmland Birds Adviser
E-mail: david.morris@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01524 581007

South East England

Bruce Fowkes
Farm Conservaton Adviser
E-mail: bruce.fowkes@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01273 763621

South West England

Kevin Rylands
Farmland Conservation Adviser
E-mail: kevin.rylands@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01392 457190

Yorkshire and the Humber adviser

Chris Tomson
Regional Agricultural Adviser
E-mail: christopher.tomson@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01484 868426

Northern Ireland

Anne-Marie McDevitt
Senior Agri-Environment Officer DARD/RSPB
E-mail: anne-marie.mcdevitt@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 02890 690838

Donnell Black
Agri-Environment Officer DARD/RSPB
E-mail: donnell.black@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 028 9049 1547

Wales

Scotland

East Scotland

Hywel Maggs
Regional Farmland Birds Officer
E-mail: hywel.maggs@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01224 627856

North Scotland

Adam Fraser
Black Grouse Officer
E-mail: adam.fraser@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01463 228822

Bridget England
Advisory Officer, Scotland
E-mail: bridget.england@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 01463 715000

South and West Scotland

Lisa Webb
Advisory Officer
E-mail: lisa.webb@rspb.org.uk
Tel: 0141 331 0993

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