Kat Newbert

Principal Ecologist

Kat is a Principal Ecologist at Johns Associates. Kat joined Johns Associates in 2018 and has a passion for all things plant related, she works as the botanical/habitat and biodiversity net gain technical lead for the company.

Kat is has worked on projects ranging from NSIP’s to small scale developments as well as a range of habitat restoration and translocation projects. Skilled in a range of botanical surveys including Phase 1 habitat surveys, UKHab surveys, NVC surveys, aquatic plant surveys and MoRPh5 river assessments. 

In her spare time Kat is the BSBI vice county recorder for vascular plants in Wiltshire where she is responsible for collecting, recording and verifying data on the distribution of vascular plants across Wiltshire. Currently she is working on producing a new flora for Wiltshire as part of the Wiltshire Botanical Society.