A Student in Ecology at Post grad level, All the Birding has been across the length and breadth of Western ghats of Karnataka, parts of Kerala and Kalakad mundanthurai tiger reserve in Southern western ghats. Have been doing research on tigers, large mammals, amphibians, birds, insects and currently working in the rainforest canopy of South western ghats.
Bit of a mad naturalist and a keen 'organism lister' since well before the phrase 'pan-species listing' was coined. Birds were my first passion, then moths, orthoptera, plants...you name it and I've probably got an interest in it! I've found a small handful of species new to Britain. 2006 was a Big Bird Year when I managed 314 in UK, nowadays I'm lucky to hit about half of that! In recent years, my main areas of interest are plants, birds and diptera, but I'm perpetually into other stuff. I alternate between shaggy hair and scruffy beard/ crewcut and clean-shaven, but any bloke halfway up a mountain with a handlens around his neck, swilling Red Bull and with a big green demon tattoo on his left arm is likely to be me.
I am birder from Kenya, but now basic in the UK. To know more about me, please visit my blog.
Development of field studies in raptor biology.
Management experience in windfarm avifauna and shorebird migraiton studies.
Local listing reported on NZ eBird.
Aim to put Life list on BUBO.
My name is J.Sharath Ram. I am doing my civil engineering.
South African born now living in Surrey UK.
my local patches are Rainham marshes,Ingrebourne Valley in essex
West Midlands
United Kingdom
Part time birder started three years ago, building list gradually.
A mother, an Army Officer's wife. I have my done my bachelor's in education and masters on in Human Development and family relations. Presently doing a course in Ornithology from BNHS.
Software engineer by profession. Doing regular birding on weekends.
I am an amateur naturalist and volunteer at RSPB Pagham Harbour. I try to promote engagement with nature in Sussex and its surrounding counties, and promote the use of public transport to travel to nature sites. My particular interests are birds, lichens, bryophytes and vascular plants but when I am on nature trips I try to record all species I notice
My website gives information about the the species I have seen at nature sites in Sussex, including details of public transport links to those sites
Individual species that I have seen are listed chronologically on my iNaturalist public page ay @sim_elliott. I also use iRecord to record significant species. You can see my tweets on species and conservation on Twitter at @sim_nature
2008 - Just come back from a trip to Lake District and had probably the best days birdwatching at Leighton Moss. Bullfinch, Bittern and posing peregrine the highlights.
2009 - Been quiet this year so far. Only just started year list (in April now!!). Looking forward to joining RAF which has been my priority and birdwatching all over the country and abroad with them - eventually!
Growing up in rural, coastal Scotland, as a kid I was surrounded by nature, which led to a lifelong love of wildlife. However, I only seriously started birding (and listing!) in 1994 during a period of post-graduation unemployment when I needed something better to do than watch TV and read job rejection letters!
I still consider myself to be primarily a birder. However, during the lockdown in 2020, I started trying to identify everything I could find in my garden, and so fell into pan-fauna listing (I don't really "do" plants and fungi, only taking note of ones that catch my eye), with spiders and leafmines now being particular newfound loves.
Initially, my birding efforts were centred around Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire. Now living in Merseyside, my routine wildlife-hunting is mostly in Lancashire and Cheshire. It can be quite casual in nature, many species being found by chance, rather than by design.
I enjoy travel, both within the UK and abroad, and have always tried to find opportunities to look for wildlife when travelling, even on family holidays and business trips. My ambition is to visit Costa Rica, New Zealand and Antarctica.
North-west London based. Birding in Southern England within 3hrs max of M25 predominantly apart from May 2005 on Mull. Lists are from 2004 Summer to present since starting up.
Keen in particular on Dungeness and Kent in general. Year lists summarised since 2014 in detail. Highest number so far in one year is Britain BOU : 201. Time, inclination and cost of petrol may see this figure go up or down !
Greater manchester
United Kingdom
28 based in Manchester more into local patch watching than twitching
