Started birding (or at least nest finding !) when I was 8, and have been involved in birding/conservation ever since. I was largely brought up in central/west Norfolk and 'cut my birding teeth' in the Fens (Wisbech Sewage Farm was still active in those days), at Snettisham and along the north Norfolk coast. I have travelled fairly extensively both for work and on birding trips. I currently largely divide my time between Leeds and south London (plus some SE Asia) where I work as an Ecologist/Ornithologist/Environmental Consultant.