I have always had a fascination with birds, spending many hours watching and recording birds on the local reservoirs and the River Thames, near my childhood home of Sunbury-on-Thames.
Finding a dead, ringed, Blackbird by the roadside and receiving the details of
its ringing from BTO enhanced my enthusiasm and I joined the Young
Ornithologists Club.
I remember an enthralling visit to St Marys Reservoir with Peter Holden MBE,
who became the National Organiser of the RSPB’s YOC, which is known now as
Wildlife Explorers.
In 1990 I began training to be a ringer under Anthony
Roberts and Garry Marsh, predominantly at Marsworth Reservoir with the
occasional session at Waddesdon Manor.
In 1994 I had to suspend my training due to a medical issue with my hands,
which took some years to rectify.
In 2001 I started training again with John Woollett, whose guidance led me to
getting my C permit in 2005 and my A permit in 2012.
As well as myself gaining a licence my son Michael started
to come ringing when he was ten years old and we soon discovered he was a dab
hand at bacon butties. Michael, training under John Woollett gained his C
permit when he was sixteen.
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