Christian Cairns

Bio

Christian is a Senior Ecologist Consultant based in the London office at Tyler Grange. As part of his role, Christian serves as a project manager on a variety of large-scale and smaller residential and industrial developments.​

Christian is a highly experienced ecologist, holding a Level 1 Natural England class licence for surveys of great crested newts and bats. Additionally, he holds four licences that authorizing the disturbance and closure of outlier and annex badger setts. His extensive experience includes designing avoidance and mitigation strategies for main badger setts, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while safeguarding local wildlife. This expertise has been instrumental in successfully managing projects involving protected badger populations.​

Christian conducts UK Habitat Classification surveys and a wide range of protected species surveys, bats (roosting and activity surveys), great crested newts, hazel dormice, otters, reptiles, and water voles.​

Beyond his technical skills, Christian is adept in project management and reporting, delivering Preliminary Ecological Appraisals, Ecological Impact Assessments, ES Chapters, Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA) and Biodiversity Net Gain and condition assessments. He also has a solid background in conducting BREEAM assessments, with experience spanning from large mixed-use developments to smaller, complex sites in the south and south-east.​