Project updates

November 2009

 A warm welcome to Tom Hayek, Living Landscape Officer at the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust for the Humberhead Levels.

After initially graduating in History at Bangor University, Tom spent five years working in the recruitment industry (3 years in Hull, 2 years in Prague).  In 2005 he decided to retrain so that he might pursue a career in conservation, following a     life-long interest.  Securing a place at the Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences, the Scarborough campus of the University of Hull, he went on to achieve a 1st Class with Honours BSc degree in Ecology.  During this time he volunteered for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust across a number of projects including the undertaking of breeding bird surveys, water vole surveys and assisting with other wetland conservation work.

After graduating in 2008, Tom secured a role as Water for Wildlife Officer with the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust where he mainly concentrated on water vole conservation and non-native invasive plant control.  Tom has now returned to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to take up the newly created post of Humberhead Levels Living Landscape Officer.

September 2009

Terry Smithson, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Head of Conservation Projects, said "The Humberhead Levels is an amazing landscape, rich in wildlife and human heritage and offers significant potential to deliver wider ecosystem services including food and fuel production, flood attenuation and biodiversity. This funding will enable the Wildlife Trust to work toward a vision for a Living Landscape, working with other land managers and communities to create connected landscapes which are more resilient in our changing climate."