Started birding (or at least nest finding !) when I was 8, and have been involved in birding/conservation ever since. I have now phased out to some extent, with family and work keeping me busy. 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) and at Snettisham. I have travelled fairly extensively both for work and on birding trips, although less so of late. I am currently living and working in Leeds as an Ecologist/Environmental Consultant.