Birded up to about 1990 and then moved to London and lost 12 years. Birding again since 2003 when I found a little egret and thought it was a rareity on a walk with partner. Haven't stopped since.
East Lothian
United Kingdom
Grew up in NE Scotland, listing from 1980; Cambs/Beds/Herts 1987-2004; Lothian 2004 to date; only really do "self-found".
My interest in birds started as a ten year old living in Hertfordshire. Over the years it has been overtaken by fishing, football and golf at various times, but it has always been there in the background. When I moved to one of the country's meccas, Cornwall, five years ago, my interest was re-kindled. I twitch local birds and I'm rubbish at finding my own, the one notable exception being the Hayle Estuary Forster's Tern. This is why my total is relatively low. I'm hoping I can get to three hundred one day. I have tried to hit 200 for the year a couple of times and managed it!
Oxfordshire
United Kingdom
Oxford-based birder, getting out as often as job/family permit, but otherwise enjoying garden birding. No car, so twitching activities limited by how far I can get by bike!
Nottinghamshire
United Kingdom
Been birding since I was a boy (over 50 years) when my Dad used to take me to Dungeness and been birding in Notts since 1975.
Leicestershire
United Kingdom
Ex County recorder for Leics and Rutland. Still think of myself as a Yorkshire birder too despite being down here since 1988.
Birding since I was 15, so about 53 years. World-listing semi-seriously for about 30 years. Have never bothered much about my British life list but apart from that I try and live up to my name.
Enjoy finding stuff for myself and rarely chase after anything except county lifers or WP ticks within easy range (few and far between when you live in Leics)
I've been birding since childhood but only started thinking about listing in 2005, including the occasional twitch within a couple of hours of home (now Surrey). Always interested in other groups such as fungi, pan-species listing has encouraged me to tackle more. I'm a land management professional and worked for the a range of NGOs and local authorities before setting up as a consultant in 2011.
Been birding for 30 yrs only just decided add all the numbers up and list in surrey for the 1st time this yr 2015
North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Birder and Wildlife Photographer based on the Yorkshire Coast. Director of Yorkshire Coast Nature.
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.
Birder and outdoor enthusiast from my teens, but angling became my primary outdoor pursuit until recent years when I began looking and listing in more detail. International travel sightings yet to be listed.
Got to number 1 on the combined British/Irish Iist (BOURC/IRBC) by mid-2008. It would be good to see other high combined listers put their list on bubo so their lists can be viewed/scrutinized as well.
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