Peter Ransome
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Occupation | Library Manager- NHS |
| Location | Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I have a life- long interest in birds, even enquiring rather precociously which species of Swan was pictured on my coat hook at Primary school. I learnt bird ID/calls through years of local patch work. I have served on the Suffolk Birds rarities committee. Highlights of any birder's "career" is finding rarities & my finds include Red- eyed Vireo & Collared Pratincole in Lowestoft & other rarities such as Laughing Gull, WT Eagle, Glossy Ibis's, Red- rumped Swallow, 2 Savi"s Warblers elsewhere & rare birds including Alpine Swift, Bee-Eater, Black Guillemot, Cattle Egret, GW Egret & scarce migrants comprising Balearic Shearwaters, Spotted Crake, Kentish Plover, Temminck's Stints, Grey Phalarope, RC Pochard, Honey & RL Buzzard, Long- eared Owls, Golden Oriole, Barred Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Pallas' Warblers, Yellow- browed Warblers, Red- backed Shrikes, Wrynecks, Roseate Tern etc, + rare butterflies/ dragonflies finds: Camberwell Beauty, Lesser Emperor & Yellow- winged Darters. I give talks to local clubs. I am passionate about wildlife & saving habitat. |
| Interests | Birds, Birding, butterflies, dragonflies, mammals, general wildlife, Cetacean watching, wildflowers particularly Orchids, History, Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Boudicca, Tudors, Horatio Nelson, English Civil War, Ancient China, Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Pirates, Bird & wildlife Photography, Nature Conservation |
| Favorite Movies | Clint Eastwood films, Sherlock Holmes |
| Favorite Music | Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Gillan, Dio, Eddy Grant, Vivaldi |
| Favorite Books | Arthur Conan Doyle "Sherlock Holmes", Collins Bird Guide 2nd ed, Lars Jonsson Birds of Europe John Boyne, any books on Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley |