Joined the y.o.c at school run by my teacher and now good friend Gary Prescott,then went in and out of birding for 25years ! I am the brother of Alex barter who was more successful than me in the 80's and90's unfortunately he passed away in 1999,he was one of a group of birders who co found the first lesser scaup.enjoying my birding/twitching as I've meet some old friends and regularly go out and also annual trips to the Shetlands ..Jason Oliver,Gary Prescott,Steve Alcott ,we call our selfs the THE BIRDING CLAMS