Carol has worked in wildlife conservation for 30 years and has been an independent Ecologist for 10 years.

Carol studied for a Postgraduate diploma in Countryside Management at Birkbeck College at the University of London and undertook a year long study of water voles on the River Ingrebourne as part of her dissertation project.

She is a specialist advisor on breeding waders and wetland restoration and has been advising farmers in North Kent and Essex on habitat management since 2015. A project supported by the RSPB and Natural England.  During the last ten years Carol has overseen extensive wetland creation across the marshes and has formed close relationships with the farming community. She is the Facilitator for the Hoo Peninsula Farm Cluster. 

Carol is also Ecological advisor to both the Upper and the Lower Medway Internal Drainage Boards  and works to restore rivers and protect communities from flood across the South East. 

Carol is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Ecologists and Environmental Managers and a passionate advocate for protecting our countryside and wildlife. She is an award winning travel and nature writer. She was BBC Wildlife Magazines Travel Writer of the Year and has had two books published, On the Marshes (Little Toller 2017) and The Volunteers (Summersdale 2024).