Sarah has worked full-time as an ecological consultant for over 25 years and is a Chartered Environmentalist (Society for the Environment) and a full member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. Sarah has extensive experience in all methods of habitat and protected species surveys, Ecological Impact Assessment, Habitat Regulations Assessment, ecological input into supplementary planning guidance, preparation of local biodiversity action plans, mitigation and management strategies, habitat creation and enhancement and European Protected Species License applications. Sarah holds a NE licence for great crested newts and a NE Class 2 licence for bats.​In her spare time, she enjoys going for long walks in the countryside with her dogs, practicing yoga, gardening, and tending to her chickens. Sarah has a bat carers licence that she uses to look after injured bats, and occasionally fosters dogs rescued from puppy farms for a local dog rescue charity.