Birding since my dad showed me a Mallard's nest with ten eggs, aged 4 ! First rarity was Aquatic Warbler at Radipole in 1983 which I can just about remember ! Went crazy chasing everything in the 1990's but mellowed since romance, marriage and what inevitably happens afterwards (kids !). Still, go for some stuff, and I was the third person in Britain to put my bins on Blackburnian Warbler in UK ! Have got a few other blockers such as Great Bustard, White-throated Needletail and Philadelphia Vireo.