The Team

  • London HogWatch Project Manager

    Kate manages the London HogWatch project at the Institute of Zoology, ZSL, a London-based hedgehog conservation project. She specialises in urban biodiversity monitoring using camera traps, and her previous work focused on trends in global biodiversity.

  • Professor, IOZ, ZSL

    Chris is a scientist at the Institute of Zoology, ZSL. His work combines practical approaches to research in ecology, focusing habitat use, diet and human–wildlife coexistence especially urban wildlife. He founded the London HogWatch project and has published on a wide range of topics on mammalian and avian ecology and biodiversity.

  • Research Technician

    Chloe is a researcher at London HogWatch. Her research interests are in urban biodiversity monitoring, ecology and the use of population genomics for wildlife conservation and management.

  • Senior Research Fellow, IOZ

    Rob is a researcher at London HogWatch and the Head of the Indicators and Assessment Unit at ZSL. This unit maintains and produces the Living Planet Index which is reported biannually with WWF in the Living Planet Report. He conducted his doctoral work in a combination of zoology, machine learning and pattern recognition and he maintains a strong interest in novel analytical methods to better understand the natural world.

  • Research Technician

    Bella is a researcher at London HogWatch. Her interests include bridging urban conservation efforts with inclusive community engagement initiatives.

  • Professor, IOZ


    Marcus is a researcher at London HogWatch and a conservation scientist at the Institute of Zoology, ZSL. He specialises in biodiversity monitoring using advanced technologies such as camera traps, drones and acoustic sensors. Marcus has developed key statistical tools for estimating animal abundance. His work spans urban wildlife in the UK to endangered species conservation globally.

  • Post Doctoral Research Assistant

    Ben is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and specialises in developing machine-learning methods for conservation. He focuses on automating density estimation and creating data pipelines for the NHMP. His earlier research involved developing an end-to-end semi-automated camera trap pipeline with advances in multi-frame detection and generalisable species classification methods.

Volunteers

Our work across various London Boroughs would not be possible without the help of numerous volunteers from community groups, residents, and societies. HogWatch is constantly undertaking camera trap surveys that involve large numbers of volunteers, providing the opportunity for members of the community to get out into nature and help wildlife local to them.

Volunteers help us set up cameras in London’s parks and green spaces and take cameras home to conduct their own garden survey. These garden surveys are an important addition to our data as gardens can act as important refuges for hedgehogs in highly urbanised areas.

If you are interested in joining surveys please send us an email at hogwatch@zsl.org.