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Ryan Greaves
WILD FUTURES MANAGER, RESIDENT BAT EXPERT AND SAFARI GUIDE
Ryan is Wild Futures Manager for the Knepp Wildland Foundation, coordinating all student and youth activities at the Knepp Estate and supporting youth engagement opportunities along the Weald to Waves corridor.
Ryan studied Zoology at University and has been involved in conservation ever since, working in a number of roles for the Sussex Wildlife Trust and volunteering with local wildlife groups. He’s also a Forest School leader, organising holistic outdoor learning for children from bushcraft activities to wildlife surveying, using games and stories.
Ryan has helped lead wildlife surveying teams in the jungle of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula with Operation Wallacea.
And he’s mad about bats – he’s events coordinator of the Sussex Bat Group and leads our Bat Safaris. He also carries out regular Reptile, Amphibian and Mammal monitoring for us here. You may also see Ryan helping out around the campsite, so feel free to stop him for a chat about anything wildlife related.
The Knepp Wildland Foundation was founded to galvanise nature recovery across Sussex and contribute to the reversal of our biodiversity crisis. We work with land managers, conversation partners, government and communities to support the recovery of our landscape and species, with a particular focus on the next generation.