Mainly an entomologist who started in Lepidoptera but then carried on into Coleoptera, Diptera and especially Symphyta. Working as an ecological surveyor then lead me into Botany, Mollusca and the occasional bryophyte, lichen, micro-fungi, annelid, mammal, reptile, bird and fish (used to be an angler too). Ex County Recorder for Cheshire for Macro-moths and for Symphyta, past President of the Lancs and Chesh Ent. Soc. and I pushed for and eventually got the Cheshire Local Record Centre (rECOrd) off the ground and managed it from its start-up for 7 years.