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A YEAR FOLLOWING THE WILDLIFE ON LONGLEAT ESTATE
After arriving at Longleat at the end of 2023 Tom spent 2024 getting to know the wildlife found all over the estate. From following a family of beavers as they create a biodiversity oasis around their incredible system of dams and pools, to surveying the estate for bats and getting familar with the birds and other animals that call the farmland, woods and parkland home it was a fasinating year. Tom will take you on a tour of all things, large and small, showing you some of the incredible wildlife that call the estate home but also some of the wildlife we are missing.
Dr Tom Lewis is a conservation biologist with a PhD in Conservation Biology from the University of Sheffield, an MSc in Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation from Nottingham Trent University and a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Southampton. His doctoral research focused on using bioacoustics and direct monitoring to improve assessments of threatened species in tropical regions. He started his career bird ringing with the BTO in Berkshire, but since then, he has worked on projects in Mauritius, Sao Tome, and Costa Rica. At the end of 2023, Tom moved to Frome and has been leading Longleat's Conservation and Research programmes.