Natalie Holt
Site Manager @RSPB
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WORK HISTORY
Site Manager @RSPB
I manage 9 nature reserves and the RSPB shop at Darts Farm. The Exe Estuary reserves comprise 5 nature reserves: Exminster Marshes, Powderham Marsh, Matford Marsh, Bowling Green Marsh and Goosemoor. I am also responsible for Labrador Bay and Ashill near Teignmouth, and Chapel Wood and Isley Marsh in North Devon. I manage a geographically spread team of 12 staff, 3 trainees and c100 volunteers.The Exe Estuary reserves are predominantly coastal grazing marsh/ lowland wet grassland reserves, which are most of which are designated and SPA habitats. The reserves are important in the context of the whole estuary, where more than wintering waders and wildfowl come to feed and rest each winter, including internationally significant numbers of species including avocet and black-tailed godwit. The Exminster and Powderham Marshes reserves are also important as they hold the last stronghold of breeding lapwing in Devon.The Labrador Bay and Ashill reserves are managed for the red-listed cirl bunting and associated arable plants and farmland birds. These are mixed farm landscapes of spring-sown barley crops providing winter seed source and invertebrate-rich grasslands.Recent successes- Installation of two anti-predator fences for breeding waders, seeing productivity increase to 2.11 chicks per pair in 2023 from 0.4- Snagging of lagoon extension and new scrapes 2020-21- Replacement of Exminster viewing platform- Securing new farming tenants for two key breeding wader areas on Exminster and Powderham Marshes (2024 start)- Securing new farming tenant for RSPB Ashill (2024 start)- Securing new countryside stewardship schemes for the Exe Estuary an Ashill reserves (20••••24)Current projects- Saving Devon\'s Lapwing - to increase Devon\'s last stronghold of breeding lapwing from 16 pairs- Bowling Green Marsh - a sustainable future- Exe estuary lower catchment partnership - looking at climate change adaptation on a landscape scale with partners
EDUCATION
Invicta Girls Grammar School
A2: Geography (A), Biology (B), French (B), General Studies (B); AS: English Lit (B), Statistics (B)
University of Southampton
Bachelor’s Degree
SKILLS
ABOUT NATALIE HOLT
An experienced wetland and countryside management professional. My job is to look after…
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