Need expertise? Need experience? Aviation safety is our priority and BML provide a unique blend of bird and wildlife understanding to help you ensure the best possible risk management and safety margins are applied whether you are working for a developer, airport, airline, manufacturer or regulator. We provide the specialist expertise and training to help minimise your exposure to risk.
Andy Jowett
Managing Director
Andy has lead our airport standards check program alongside quality management, staff development and training for many years. His past experience working within airfield operations ensures BML benefits from a multifaceted understanding of airport operations, as well as the wildlife strike risk.
Lee Johnson
Director of Operations
Lee is one of the UK's foremost ornithologists, with extensive survey and monitoring experience both in the UK and across the world. He brings 30 years ornithological experience delivering management development, risk assessment and global training.
Sara Bone
Safeguarding Manager and Remains Consultant
With over 20 years of experience resolving conflicts between developers and airports to enable planning applications to proceed without risk to air safety, Sara brings a wealth of experience and expertise to BML's wildlife and bird hazard management planning program for aerodrome safeguarding.
Jon Middleton
Aviation Ornithologist
Training, monitoring, staff development, standards checks and an eye for targeted detail, we are proud to have an expert ornithologist with us who has also spent significant time within the world of grass management. This expertise and experience complement BML’s extensive knowledge.
Stuart Card
Aviation Ornithologist
Stuart brings a full set of aviation wildlife hazard management skills and works across a range of projects continuing our company scheme of delivering excellence in all areas.
Dr Dan Nesbit
Aviation Ornithologist
Dan recently completed his PhD on global change-induced range shifts in birds, before joining our team. He has worked on a range of ecological projects including teaching bird identification and survey skills at a several locations around the world.
Andy Baxter
Aviation Ornithologist
Andy has worked in wildlife strike risk for 30 years. He has been integral to the set up and running of BML as well as conducting research and publishing scientific papers. His work with ICAO and several countries' CAA's has helped to shape regulation and guidance material.
Phil Mountain
Aviation Ornithologist
Phil has worked with a wide range of airlines and airports across the globe during his 30 years mitigating wildlife strike risk. He was responsible for the initial set up and running of several of BML's most significant projects and continues to support these, with a particular focus on overseas projects.
Dr John Allan
Senior Ornithologist
John acts as a senior consultant helping the team deliver effective programs across the globe. An ex chair of the International Birdstrike Committee (and leader of the UK government's Wildlife Management Team), we're proud to have John as one of our specialist birdstrike members.
BML Vacancies
Ornithologists and Consultants
We've just completed a recruitment in autumn 2025. Please don't hesitate to send us your cv, however, if you are interested in us contacting you in future about any exciting opportunities that arise as demand for our services continues to expand around the world.