Nick Fielding

 

Field Station Manager, Technical Services Unit

Email: nick.fielding@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: Talybont: +44 (0)1874 676444 or Shobdon: +44 (0)1568 708881
Fax: Talybont: +44 (0)1874 676393 or Shobdon: +44 (0)1568 709010

Addresses:
Forest Research - Talybont Research Office
Cefn Gethiniog
Talybont-on-Usk
Brecon
Powys LD3 7YN

Forest Research -  Shobdon Research Office
Uphampton
Shobdon
Herefordshire HR8 9PB

Nick joined FR in 1974 as an assistant scientific officer in the entomology branch, working at Alice Holt.

He moved to Ludlow in 1986 to run the field-station there, mainly working on the biological control of Dendroctonus micans using the specific predator Rhizophagus grandis. During 1990 he was seconded to Forestry Canada to work on potential insect vectors of the pine wood nematode.

On the formation of the Technial Services Unit (TSU) he moved to take on responsibility for the Shobdon field station. Since January 2006, he has had management responsibility for the field stations at Talybont and Shobdon.

Current role

Field Station Manager, Technical Services Unit

Responsible for the day to day management of Talybont and Shobden field stations

Current programmes

Plant health
Project leader responsible for:

• D. micans control programme using R. grandis
• UK Protected Zone survey programme for Plant Health service.

Impact of insects on tree growth
Co-worker responsible for the day to day management of the fieldwork in this project area.

Impact of pests and pathogens under changing management 

Research areas

Plant health work with emphasis on surveys for non-native insect pests.

Main recent publications

Straw, N., Fielding, N., Green, G and Price, J. (2006). Seasonal changes in the distribution of green spruce aphid Elatobium abietinum (Walker) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in the canopy of Sitka spruce. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 8, 139-154.

Fielding, N. (2006). Identification of Rhizophagus grandis Gyll. (Coleoptera: Rhizophagidae), an introduced bark-beetle predator now established in Britain. Entomologists Monthly magazine, 142, 49-51.

Straw, N., Fielding, N., Green, G and Price, J. (2005). Defoliation and growth loss in young Sitka spruce following repeated attack by the green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum Walker. Forest Ecology and Management, 213, 349-368.

Gilbert, M., Fielding, N., Evans, H and Gregoire, J.-C. (2003). Spatial pattern of invading Dendroctonus micans populations in the United Kingdom. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 33, 712-725.