Samuel Kirkham

Sustainable Farming Scheme Officer | Natural Resources Wales

Queensferry, Wales, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Sustainable Farming Scheme Officer at Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru / Natural Resources Wales
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Ecologist at E3P
    Feb 2025 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr

  • Conservation Project Assistant at Leeds Beckett University
    Oct 2024 - Mar 2025 · 6 mos

    Employed as an assistant on the 'Responsible Recreation on National Nature Reserves​' project in association with Natural England.

  • Research Assistant at RSPB
    Mar 2024 - Aug 2024 · 6 mos

    Employed as a Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) surveyor, working across all corners of the Flow Country UNESCO World Heritage Site to reassess the UK Common Scoter breeding population last assessed in 2007. Assisted the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation team in the ringing of white-tailed eagle chicks in a remote area of the Scottish highlands. Additional work included a variety of species monitoring e.g. breeding bird surveys and moorland bird surveys, running on-reserve school trips for local schools, and habitat creation and management at RSPB Forsinard Flows.

  • Research Assistant at Doñana Biological Station - CSIC
    Apr 2023 - Sep 2023 · 6 mos