What Makes Me Tick!
What Makes Me Tick! Birding makes me feel relaxed and also hyper at the same time; especially when I see a new bird, for the first time. I feel a thrill, that I can't compare to anything else. My ambition is to able to see and to identify every wild bird, in the world. I find rarities fascinating because often they are lost and have travelled massive distances, to be where they should not be. I have always been involved with animals, I had a silver membership to Blackpool Zoo and used to visit there every weekend, since I was 3 years old. Birding came into my blood when I was 6 years old and visited a ringing demonstration at WWT Martin Mere and I was privileged to release a Goldfinch placed in my hand. I now want to bird all the time, every day. My favourite book is called Britain's Birds (second edition). I loving reading and absorbing its knowledge daily. I love learning where birds are from, their different plumages, their habitat. I love seeing the birds that I have l...