Hey Simon! .... how spooky is that?
I live in Essex (just down the A13/A127 from you), I went to Reading University (although long before you did

) and some of my favourite wildlife and photography places are north Norfolk, Scotland, mid Wales, Yorkshire and the Peak District .... and now we are both WAB members!
Other than that, we probably have nothing in common at all
Enjoy WAB .... like me, I am sure that you will
Richard