I started birding casually in 1963, then seriously in 1973.Visited Cape Clear Island ,SW Ireland regularly in the 70's & early 80's. Capes a fantastic place for finding your own good birds & seabirding. I did my fair share of twitching, seeing some great birds over the years.The 1978 Cheddar Wallcreeper being a personal favourite. After a period in the doldrums in the 90's, when I went through a personal crisis, I did very little serious birding. I got into it again seriously in 1999, but now with a different approach. I enjoy all wildlife watching. My main birding interests are pelagic seabirding, Gull i.d., birds of prey, Phylloscopus Warblers & self-found . I have given up serious twitching as I am no longer able to drive & have other commitments but the occasional long stayer will tempt me. The 2009 Staines Moor Brown Shrike being an example.
Besides wildlife & plants, I have an interest in historical aviation, railway history (the steam era) & history.
Conservation Trainee with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildelife Trust (Oct 2007 to Oct 2008)
I run the Granada Wildlife guiding company here in Southern Spain. I also enjoy Dragonflies, Butterflies, Wildflowers, Orchids and just about anything to do with wildlife.
Jackson County/Missouri
United States of America
Birding 60+ years
Lower 48 USA
Citizen science projects CBC & NAMC
Member Audubon Society of Missouri
Member National Audubon
I took early retirement from work June 2011. I have numerous hobbies but birds and wildlife generally have always interested me. Now have time to enjoy. Mainly a Yorkshire birder but have visited Norfolk.
Minnesota
United States of America
A active birder in Minnesota and a professional bird guide for northeastern Minnesota. I been guiding people from all over for 25 years!
I have birded all over Europe, in the U.S.A. and Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Costa Rica, Belize, Mexico, Dominican Republic, The Gambia, Cape Verde, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Tanzania and most recently Grand Cayman. I have run The Gloster Birder website since August 2000, which has grown into a monster from humble beginnings, and could easily be a full-time job.
I was born in Hampshire but most of my formative birding years were spent in Sussex, including many fruitless hours staring at the sea off Worthing. Plenty of birding done whilst otherwise studying for a degree at Bristol University. Thereafter I spent 18 months in Israel (Didric Cuckoo plus a few hundred thousand migrating raptors), and a few years back in the UK (Sussex, Bedfordshire and Berkshire), whilst I now find myself living in Bangalore, India.
I am currently working as full-time Dad and part-time developer of BUBO Listing, and have just completed a contract working for the BTO on BirdTrack.
My latest birding trips include NE India (Arunachal Pradesh and Assam) where I managed to see Bugun Liocichla amongst other goodies, and a family holiday to Morocco which still managed a few birds including Atlas Flycatcher and Dupont's Lark.
E. Yorkshire
United Kingdom
I live in E. Yorkshire and have been into birding since 2008 along with taking pictures of the birds i see. I mainly go out to local reserves and the Yorkshire coast but have been on a few holidays in the UK and in Europe.
West Virginia
United States of America
Professor of History, performing DJ, birder, and unashamed twitcher.
