Our fields
Meet the team
Our core team is made up of a talented group of enthusiastic individuals. Many of the methods that will be used on this project have been developed at Water Gems (Alba) Ltd, an award-winning landscape design and water features specialist based in central Scotland, with a highly skilled team of ecological landscape designers and water-feature technicians who specialise in pond, stream and cascade construction.
Nick Benge
Trustee
Nick’s boundless energy and enthusiasm are the driving force of this project, and numerous others. Nick has a degree in Biological Sciences specialising in Ecology and a Masters in Aquaculture. In 2022 he received the British Citizen’s Award Certificate of Honour for his environmental work.
Annie Benge
Trustee
Annie is a great support to the Roborough team with her ideas and admin skills including being the ‘Friends of the Fields’ newsletter editor.
Andrew Mounstephen
Trustee
Andrew has always been a fan of wild places, and is a firm believer that we need many more of them! Andrew has a very useful professional background in the dreaded Health & Safety field.
Kevin McKie
Kevin is particularly interested in building and maintaining ponds. He was instrumental in installing various bird boxes and the Swallow shelter. You will also notice a bank that he built on our map!
Stephen MacDonald
Stephen, along with Kevin and Stuart, helped with the initial landscaping work of our fields, and one of the ponds he dug is named after him.
Stuart Booth
Stuart has been a key member of the team. He is great in a digger and has been a key driving force in the construction of the wet-field at Roborough. He of course has a large pond he dug named after him
Luis Adamson
Luis had spare time on her hands during lockdown, and put her newly acquired skills in web-design to the test and built the original Rewilding Roborough Fields website.
Michael Roe
Michael has always had a keen interest in nature. He supports numerous conservation and rewilding bodies such as Trees for Life and Scotland: The Big Picture.
Rachael Booth
Rachael has helped with administration tasks, and supported Stuart whilst he has been involved in the landscaping work on site.
Rob Fisher
Trustee
Rob brings business acumen to the team. Having many contacts, he is able to help with marketing and fundraising suggestions.
Paul Hopkinson
Paul has been monitoring the fields on a regular basis alongside Jo. His fantastic photography skills have filled the website with a visual record of the wildlife that has moved in, and as an artist he has painted some of the residents too.
Jo Everitt
Jo has been monitoring the fields on a regular basis. She takes photos, and tries to identify and collate all the species seen. Jo is now responsible for the website, our social media accounts and KoFi membership subscription platform.
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