West Virginia
United States of America
An avid birder for over 50 years, I have lived and birded in the states of Vermont, Colorado, California, Illinois, Indiana, and West Virginia. I've also birded extensively throughout much of the rest of the United States as well as taken pelagic trips off Southern California (three) and North Carolina (three). I started birding internationally in 2005 and have gone on birding trips to Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates and Oman, Tunisia, Gambia and Senegal, Yemen (including Socotra) and Djibouti, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, and Panama. I've also done some casual birding in the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Bahamas.
Northumberland
United Kingdom
20 something lad reigniting a childhood passion for all things nature! The feathered variety especially!! Twitch when possible, but generally a casual birder.
Started birding Christmas 1976 when I was given my first pair of bins. Had the foresight to start listing birds I had seen on January 1 1977. My first birding trips away from my native Leicestershire were to North Norfolk where I was fortunate to stay at Nancy's. Happy days. Had an ideal local patch in Cadeby Quarry (sadly now much restored back to farmland). First twitch was the 1982 Marmora's Warbler, three of us in my MG was a little short on space. I was a Scilly regular until 2004. I worked for Point Reyes Bird Observatory in California for five field seasons in the nineties. I have lived in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cheshire, Flintshire and now Denbighshire. Five favourite birds Waxwing, Swallow, Nuthatch, Dipper and Grey Wagtail and Varied Thrush (six then) and Wheatear (seven then). Five favourite birding locations Bryher, Bolinas Lagoon, North Norfolk coast, outer Point Reyes and Mallorca. Five best UK twitches, Kenidjack Yellow throated Vireo, Holkham Red breasted Nuthatch, Lunsford Park Golden winged Wabler, The Needles Alpine Accentor and Nottingham Cedar Waxwing and now Royal Tern at Llandudno (nice to get a mega so close to home)
Birding since 1979, twitching in UK 1986 - 2002 when I left the UK to live in Asia. Resident in Thailand since 2004.
Leicestershire
United Kingdom
Birder for the last thirty years, twitching since 1993.
Lived most of my life in Leicestershire, but family originally from South Wales.
Keen interest include sea-watching particularly in the Bay of Biscay, Cetaceans, Orchid spotting and supporting Liverpool Football Club and Pontypridd Rugby Club.
Birding since November 2012. Excited to be involved with such a great pastime. A resident of Japan and South Korea for many years, currently based in Sapporo, Hokkaido, JP. Pennsylvania (Chester County), USA transplant.
Started my bird lists on 1.1.1987 - but carried forward a Buff-breasted Sandpiper from 1986. Most birding is within a short drive of Portishead these days; although the south coast beckons occasionally now petrol is a bit cheaper.
Prefer to spend time on Walton Common during the summer (Butterflies and Plants) where I am volunteer warden for this Avon Wildlife Trust reserve.
Keen birder from Scotland started birding seriously in 2005
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
Avid wildlife watcher and photographer
A retired teacher who searches for interesting birds in south east England.
I took up birdwatching in November 2014 after a friend took me out one afternoon. Since then I have become hooked along with wildlife photography.
Not interested in chasing around the country just to get a tick. There's nothing like walking the countryside and just when you least expect it you find something to make your day - and you often do if you just take the time to stand still and enjoy.
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
Started my list from scratch in 1998 and began twitching in 1999. Unfortunately I don't get as much time birding as I would like. I am currently studying for a Sports Science degree which takes up a lot of my time. Lived in Cambridgeshire for 4 years now and find the local birdwatchers to be very friendly and helpful.
West Midlands
United Kingdom
Very new birder, 22 years old, still finding my feet but would one day love to emulate the scales seen on this site.
West Midlands
United Kingdom
Amateur Birdwatcher with limited time to endulge these days. Spend most of my time around the Midlands but enjoy UK hols to birding hotspots.
East Sussex
United Kingdom
I like to think that I'm half decent birder but still get caught out by iffy gulls and dodgey ducks. I am a self-employed quizzes writer and as such can manage to get out a couple of times a week usually in and around East and West Sussex.
Patch birder with a preference for self finds and visible migration
West Midlands
United Kingdom
I first became interested in birds when I spotted a nuthatch in my garden several years ago. Having learned to identify the more common garden birds, I began heading out into the countryside near Wythall where I live to see what I could find.
A chance encounter with a group of birders in Devon four or five years ago opened my eyes to the world of waders and seabirds, but it was a trip to Islay in May 2006 that prompted me to get some decent binoculars and a scope, and to start listing the species I had seen.
Although not immune to the odd twitch, I try to avoid chasing totals and instead concentrate on honing my birding skills and enjoying the simple pleasures of being out in the field.
In 2008 I set up Worcestershire Source, a free reference point for bird sightings in the county of Worcestershire, which I now run with the help of my good friend Kay Donaghy. I also have a blog called Eye To The Telescope, where I write about my birding adventures.
Birding for over 60 years, actively involved in local and national conservation. Chair of LOS www.leighos.org.uk
Been birding since 1985 found the 8th Greater Sandplover for Britain at Dawlish Warren & one of the three to get there names on the Long-Billed Murrelet agian at Dawlish Warren
Lifelong birdwatcher and professional writer on wildlife and countryside subjects. Have organised and led birdwatching tours for my own company, Gourmet Birds, since 1984. Travels in search of birds have taken me to every continent except Antarctica, and I have travelled extensively throughout Europe.
TN
United States of America
I have been birding seriously since about 1994. A few years ago I started Avian Pursuits Nature Tours to lead birders around the world to help them see so many of the wonderful birds of the world.
Teacher, musician and keen Hampshire birder
Been birding since a very early age in Shropshire. Three years in Plymouth in the late 1980s were great for birding. Since 1992 I've lived in Thetford and worked at BTO, currently as the Atlas Coordinator.
