Nature Data Solutions bridges academic research, national policy and on-the-ground delivery, giving planners, policymakers and land managers the evidence they need to target habitat restoration and climate resilience where it matters most.
We're a small, specialist team who believe the best geospatial evidence is worthless if decision-makers can't understand or act on it, so we work alongside you, not just for you.
At Nature Data Solutions, we use geospatial data to understand where nature is under pressure, and where recovery effort will have the greatest effect. By analysing the context, condition and trends of ecosystems, we develop targeted, evidence-led strategies for biodiversity restoration and climate resilience built to deliver on policy priorities.
We've worked across the public, private and academic sectors, which means we understand both the science and the practical constraints of delivery, funding and policy. Collaboration and systems-thinking sit at the heart of how we work, because nature recovery rarely respects a single organisation's boundaries.
Environmental data and spatial strategy specialist, with particular expertise in habitat connectivity modelling and evidence-led nature recovery planning. Co-author of the nationally recognised Isle of Wight Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
Environmental data and spatial strategy specialist, with particular expertise in habitat connectivity modelling and evidence-led nature recovery planning. My work focuses on understanding how landscapes function for nature, and how spatial data can design effective, resilient environmental strategies at local, regional and national scales.
I specialise in connectivity and resistance modelling, using tools including Condatis and Circuitscape. I co-authored the nationally recognised exemplar Isle of Wight Local Nature Recovery Strategy, and previously worked with Natural England and Defra, giving me strong insight into nature policy, regulation and delivery frameworks. I'm a member of the Strategic Nature Network Advisory Group for Rebuilding Nature, and a part-time PhD researcher at the University of Exeter, using remote sensing to understand the changing resilience of nature across the UK.
Finally, I am also one of the directors of The Common Space, where I lead the Isle of Wight LNRS, develop new research and delivery collaborations, and lead the Biosphere Investment Territory programme. Through our eco-engineering arm Artecology, I also support on project delivery and policy alignment.
Earth observation and GIS specialist. Turns the satellite record and centimetre-scale drone surveys into a straight answer on whether nature is recovering or declining. Develops novel remote sensing methods and publishes in peer-reviewed journals including Nature Geoscience.
Earth observation and remote sensing specialist with expertise in GIS, UAV surveying and machine learning. My work focuses on understanding how vulnerable ecosystems are changing in a warming world, using satellite, aerial and drone-derived data to generate practical insights for biodiversity conservation, biosecurity and landscape restoration.
I co-authored a Nature Geoscience study on the greening of the Antarctic Peninsula and hold a CAA GVC for drone operation. Most of my survey work is now in the UK, though the methods were sharpened on campaigns in Greenland, Nepal, Svalbard and the Peruvian Andes. Having moved from academia to Nature Data Solutions, I apply Earth observation, UAV deployment and machine learning to build practical tools for investigating, monitoring and reporting on nature.
Finally, I am passionate about sharing my expertise with audiences interested in understanding how nature is changing and how we can monitor it from above to inform practical restoration efforts. Whether discussing outreach or delivering public talks, I am always keen to collaborate, so please feel free to contact us below.
We turn data into intelligence that you and those funding and delivering nature recovery can actually use.
Nature recovery only works if habitat is joined up. We model how species can actually move through a landscape, where the network holds together and where it breaks, so effort and funding go to the places that reconnect the most.
Local Nature Recovery Strategies are now a statutory requirement under the Environment Act 2021. We help create, use and monitor them, and turn the wider policy and funding landscape into decisions your team can act on with confidence.
Satellites have been photographing every hectare of the UK for four decades, and they keep going every few days. We turn that archive into a straight answer about whether a place is recovering or declining, and add drone surveys where you need centimetre detail on the ground.
Some questions don't fit a standard project brief. They need dedicated research time, academic rigour and a route to peer review. We take on commissioned research collaborations, working alongside universities, agencies and delivery bodies to answer the harder methodological questions behind nature recovery.
Co-created with Isle of Wight Council and commended as an exemplar by the statutory body panel in 2025, drawing on habitat mapping, connectivity modelling and public engagement surveys delivered end to end by our team.
We could describe our methods in the abstract. It's more useful to just show you. These are real outputs from our projects, made interactive so you can see what they actually tell a decision-maker.
This is a real Condatis connectivity output from our work with the Canal & River Trust which assessed habitat bottlenecks across their England-wide network. This is an example from the West Midlands region that shows where these bottlenecks occurred across woodland, grassland and wetland habitats. Bottleneck areas on this map represent areas within the regional habitat network where connectivity is highly strained. Click any shaded area to see what it could mean for prioritising nature restoration.
Click any shaded area on the map to see what that bottleneck means, and what we'd typically recommend.
Bottleneck areas modelled in Condatis for the Canal & River Trust, West Midlands. Habitat shown is the Priority Habitat Inventory combined with Canal & River Trust land, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Boundary from Local Nature Recovery Strategy areas (Natural England / Defra). Settlement names courtesy of GeoNames.org, CC BY 4.0.
This is real Circuitscape connectivity modelling for six priority species, produced with Weald to Waves, a farmer-led nature recovery corridor across Sussex. Each line traces a route our modelling ranks as carrying key connections between habitat patches, thickest and brightest where the data says connectivity matters most. Click a species to isolate its network, or watch them all light up together to see where different species depend on the same connections within the landscape.
Swipe the map sideways to follow the corridors along the whole coast.
Corridor geometry derived from Circuitscape connectivity modelling across six species. County outlines from Local Nature Recovery Strategy area boundaries (Natural England / Defra). Town locations courtesy of GeoNames.org, CC BY 4.0.
Whether you're scoping a Local Nature Recovery Strategy, need connectivity modelling for a planning decision, or just want to know what's possible with your data, we're happy to have an informal first conversation.
