David G Darrell-Lambert
“At the age of
nine I was taken on school outing to a RSPB reserve.
Nosily waiting in a hide a Kingfisher dashed past and
started my passion for birds. Since then I have travelled all
over Britain looking at birds and I have also visited
Israel, Canada, Tunisia, St. Lucia, Egypt and Italy to name
a few.
Since 1988 I
have undertaken a variety of bird surveys in urban
parks, coastal sites and health lands, covering nocturnal
species, winter wildfowl counts, high tide roosts and
breeding populations.
In 1991, I began
illustrating the London Bird Report and then became a local
bird recorder. For the last eleven years I have led groups
of birdwatchers around various parts of London, Essex and
Hertfordshire with groups ranging from four to eighty
people.
I have expanded
my identification skills to include butterflies and
dragonflies, which adds to my strong knowledge of British
wildlife. I am currently the chair of the Ornithological
Section of the London Natural History Society and the chair
of the Records Committee. Photography plays a large
part of my interest and my photographs have been published
in a number of specialist journals.
As for my media work I have
appeared on ITV's Carlton Country, Radio 4's Questions
Questions and Thames News.
"
Email david@birdbrainuk.com
