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Born and raised in Liverpool, England, Stephen now lives and works in Malmö, Sweden. He is Editor of British Birds and manages Falsterbo Bird Observatory.

A birder since a young age, Stephen holds a particular interest in moult, ageing and identification. He has travelled widely across the Western Palearctic, including annual trips to Morocco and Oman. He is a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee, a tour leader for WINGS, a ZEISS Ambassador, and gives talks on a variety of subjects.

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James Lidster has worked as a professional ecologist and in the eco-tourism industry for over 20 years. The latter as a senior leader for Sunbird and WINGS birding tours. He is bilingual (Dutch and English) and specialises in bird identification and has served on both the Dutch and British rarities committees. His years of experience with bat and reptile/amphibian surveys make him a much desired field ecologist in the Netherlands.

He has excellent aural and visual identification knowledge of all European bird species, and this ability has rewarded him with positions on the national rare bird committees of both Great Britain and the Netherlands.

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Mark has been lucky enough to spend plenty of my time enjoying birds and wildlife. He is based on the Yorkshire coast, on the western seaboard of the North Sea where he grew up, and returned to several years ago. Among other things Mark is a field ornithologist, nature writer, speaker and guide, comms specialist for conservation causes and a musician / songwriter with Morning Bride.

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