Meet the Team

Emma Higgs

Emma is our Project Manager and oversees habitat management work, wildlife monitoring, and the day-to-day running of the reserve. She also manages our incredible and very hardworking team of practical volunteers. She has delivered two funded projects for LUCT: The Green Recovery Challenge Fund project ‘ Restoring the Swale & Ure Washlands’ in 2021, and the ‘Ure Connected’ project funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which ran from 2023 to 2025.

Her favourite species that can be found at Nosterfield is the osprey. “I love the ospreys that visit us each summer and the joy of watching them catch fish in our lakes never fades. Their population crashed in the UK in the mid-20th century, but they’ve made a steady recovery, and so they always remind me of how successful conservation efforts can be! We installed an osprey nest platform in my first few weeks at LUCT, and although some ospreys have shown an interest, none of them have nested on it yet, so I can’t wait for the day they do!”