Meet our Team
All training courses are taught by professional and practicing Ecological Consultants…accompanied by our mascot and carrot-pincher Buddy.
Sue Searle Bsc (Hons) PGDip MCIEEM
Senior Tutor, Principal Ecologist, Managing Director of Acorn Ecology Ltd.
Sue is an experienced tutor and has won awards for her training. She holds protected species licences for dormice and bats. Sue is committed to training future ecologists and sharing her passion for wildlife.
Sue started Acorn Ecology in 2003 and now runs three branches across the UK.
- Email: suesearle@acornecology.co.uk
- Twitter: @acornecology
- TEL: 01392 366512
- Office: Exeter
Sarah Candlin BSc (Hons) MCIEEM
Training Manager and Principal Ecologist at Acorn Ecology Ltd.
Sarah is in charge of organising our professional development courses, and is a highly knowledgeable consultant, with expertise in European Protected Species Licences for bats and dormice.
Sarah joined Acorn in 2007 as a Trainee Ecologist and now oversees all of our incoming trainees and work placement ecologists.
- Email: training@acornecology.co.uk
- Twitter: @acornecology
- TEL: 01392 366512
- Office: Exeter
Colin Bonfield Bsc (Hons) MSc MCIEEM
Tutor and Senior Ecologist at Acorn Ecology Ltd.
Colin has over 12 years experience and is a highly skilled Ecological Clerk of Works with extensive experience of working on large infrastructure projects such as natural gas pipelines and roads.
Colin joined Acorn in May 2013, and is a knowledgeable tutor for some of our Exeter courses.
- Email: info@acornecology.co.uk
- Twitter: @acornecology
- TEL: 01392 366512
- Office: Exeter
Sally Blower BA (Hons) PGCE
Finance Manager at Acorn Ecology Ltd.
Sally deals with the day-to-day administration of all of our Training Courses and is an invaluable member of Acorn, providing vital administrative support to our Ecologists.
Sally has recently rediscovered her passion for running and ran the London Marathon in 2015 raising over £4k for the children’s charity DEBRA.
- Email: sallyblower@acornecology.co.uk
- Twitter: @acornecology
- TEL: 01392 366512
- Office: Exeter
Sarah and Nick: Guildford
Sarah Lyne CEnv Bsc (Hons) MCIEEM: Guildford Branch Manager and Principal Ecologist
Nick Gray BSc (Hons): Ecologist, Guildford
- Email: sarahlyne@acornecology.co.uk
- Twitter: @acornecology
- TEL: 01483 382821
- Office: Guildford
Steph and Jo: Bristol
Steph Attwood MSc DIC BSc (Hons) MCIEEM: Bristol Branch Manager and Principal Ecologist
Josephine Lewis BSc (Hons) MSc: Ecologist, Bristol
- Email: stephattwood@acornecology.co.uk
- Twitter: @acornecology
- TEL: 0117 9232768
- Office: Bristol
Jess Smallcombe BSc (Hons) MSc
Jess Smallcombe BSc (Hons) MSc: Ecologist, Exeter
Jess has worked abroad, conducting ecological surveys in the tropics including in Borneo and Madagascar. Jess is working towards her protected species licenses at Acorn.
- Email: info@acornecology.co.uk
- Twitter: @acornecology
- TEL: 01392 366512
- Office: Exeter
Louise Woolley BSc(Hons) ACIEEM
Louise Woolley BSc(Hons) ACIEEM
Louise works as a freelance ecologist and holds a number of protected species licences.
She currently teaches our otter and dormouse courses in Exeter.
Sam Pickering
Sam Pickering
Sam teaches our Bat Ecology and Surveying course. She has a wealth of experience about bats and has an infectious enthusiasm for the species. She is a bat carer and bat awareness speaker at North Devon Bat Care,
To find out more, click on the link above.
