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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goat" data-source="post: 1569660" data-attributes="member: 10012">Good question which is hard to explain to some people, especially the one I married!Was amazed when my cousin came down when I was 8 or 9 (late 1950's ) and trapped and ringed a couple of sparrows in our garden. That, and living in the country, led me to zoology A levels and then a career as a biology teacher. I am happy outside, especially wetlands or seashores, some fifty years still fascinated by any wildlife and birds are always there - more than mammals, reptiles etc!Last year I was by the Thames in the old Surrey Docks and missed a ferry watching a heron, gulls and crows fighting over the carcase of a very large fish! Even in the most concrete of urban jungles you always have birds to watch.I have no real life/patch list and am absolutely *@$£ at identification, but that in no way takes away the pleasure - birding is a hobby you enjoy at any level!Next project is to recruit the Grandkids........!</blockquote>