Cornish birder, lives at Paul, Penzance.
Cornish born and bred birder and part time photographer. Started birding in 1974 (age 13) with Truro birders Pete Maker, John Chapple, Royston Wilkins, Jim Dustow and Brian Mellow as my first birding buddies. Main interest and fave birding group is seabirds. Pride myself in finding Fea's Petel, several Wilson's Petrels and co-found Black-browed Albatross with John Chapple (Scillonian) and off Porthgwarra (BK Mellow). Also self found Pechora Pipit (Fair Isle), Radde's Warbler and Black-eared Wheatear (Fair Isle), Bonelli's, Subalpine (Scilly), Arctic Warbler (2nd for Cornwall, Cot 1985), Great White Egret (first for Somerset !!! honest), Pallid Swift Lands End, Semi-palmated Sandpiper (Davidstow), Baird's (Hayle), Bonaparte's Gull Newlyn, six Bee Eater flock (Porthgwarra), Red-rumped Swallow (Marazion) plus a few more over the years.