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I work in the computing industry managing teams testing new computer systems on a freelance basis. This means I chop and change every few months or so and have worked on a diverse set of things from traffic light systems to banking systems to criminal justice systems.

I've only recently (last couple of years or so) got into this wildlife observing lark. It started off when a big development was planned to take place near my house. I wanted to prove there were bats around who would be affected by this development. So I bought a bat detector. Found there were far more bats around than anyone new and this helped stop the development.

That started off my interest and opened my eyes to the previously unseen world of nature - - not just bats. I find myself looking at everything with new eyes now and wonder why I just didn't see these things before.

I'm still very much a novice and will doubtless plague you all with questions on identification every so often but I hope you won't mind me doing that.