WWBIC Staff
Colin Russell, Centre Manager
Colin joined WWBIC in 2008 and his responsibilities, as well as managing all aspects of the centre, include liason with WWBIC’s funding partners and the other three Local Record Centre’s across Wales. WWBIC’s position in this close network of LRC’s means that as manager, he can access the experience available within the other centres, and contribute at a strategic level to delivering the highest quality biodiversity information for the public benefit.
Colin has a degree in zoology and a great love of the countryside. His hobbies over the years have taken him outdoors climbing, surfing and lately, sailing around the Pembrokeshire coast and Haven Waterway.
Kate Jones, Senior Species Data Officer
Kate joined WWBIC in 2006 and is responsible for managing our database of biological records. Kate has a key role in maintaining the high quality of biodiversity information which we can provide. As part of this role she works closely with voluntary and professional biological recorders around our region to collate, manage and validate information on species.
Kate's hobbies include travelling, walking and photography. Many of the images you see on the website are Kate’s work from West Wales. She has a deep love of natural history, wildlife and nature conservation, and a great admiration for people who have the time and knowledge to make biological records with such accuracy and care.
Vicky Swann, Senior Data Enquiries Officer
Vicky has been with WWBIC since the end of 2007 and works with our GIS system. Vicky's role includes liaising with Local Authorities on planning application lists and also delivering maps, reports and GIS layers that have been requested by private consultants and other organisations such as the Countryside Council for Wales and Trunk Roads Agency that require species, protected sites and habitat information for the WWBIC region.
As well as Vicky's core work, she has also played a key role in a number of projects WWBIC are involved with, using her skills to make raw biological information useable for digital modelling and analysis.
WWBIC Directors
- Nigel Ajax-Lewis (Chair)
- Jane Hodges (Vice Chair)
- Mike Howe (Secretary)
- Tom McOwat
- Annie Haycock
- Bob Haycock
- Trevor Theobald
- Lizzie Wilberforce