Dr Janet Sumner BSc PhD
Janet is a Geologist and Associate Lecturer in the Earth Sciences Department at the Open Univeristy. She is the Broadcast Executive for all the Science and Nature programming that the Open University does in partnership with the BBC. To find out more about Open University programmes on the BBC, click here Open2.net. Janet is also one of the presenters on the BBC 1 'Nature of Britain' series which is to be broadcast this autumn.
To find out more about Janet click here Janet Sumner

To listen to Janet's first impressions of the site click here and select 'Janet's first impressions'.






Dr Patricia Ash
Patricia is a Zoologist with interests in all areas of natural history. She is based at Foxcombe Hall and regularly walks the grounds as she compiles a species list for the site - this will be invaluable when it comes to deciding what site improvements we should make.
You can listen to Particia's first impressions and hear her talking about flowers on the site by selecting the audio.





Dr David Gowing
David is an Environmental Scientist with interests in plant water relationships and managing habitats for conservation.








Dr Dick Morris Dick is a Technologist with interests in agricultural ecology, particularly grasslands, land use and conservation issues.

Listen to Dick talking about the site:













Dr Tom Argles
Tom is an Earth Scientist with interests in how landscapes develop, and the environmental impacts of resource exploitation. He has an amateur interest in wildlife, particularly birds, but he finds rocks are easier to photograph... To hear Tom's thoughts on the site, click here and select 'Tom's first impressions'.






Dr Vincent Gauchi
Vince is an Earth Scientist with interests in wet-land ecology.












Dr Mike Dodd



Dr David Robinson
David is a zoologist who does research on animal sound, mostly insects. He is the leader of the academic team for the BBC1 'Nature of Britain' TV series and also the BBC4 'Users Guide to the Nature of Britain'.























Alan Marham

Alan is the Open University Grounds and Safety Manager
To hear Alan explaining about the site, click here and select 'Alan's first impressions'




You can also hear Alan talk about the species on the site by selecting 'Alan invasive species'