1st year zoology student at Queen's University Belfast, with a red hot fiery passion for the natural world - birds, insects, whales, bats, plants, ecology, geology.....everything! (except flatworms). Determined to travel over the course of my life, to document and to conserve the last remnants of earth's incredible biodiversity it has left.

I want to visit: Norway, Western Canada, Alaska, New Zealand, Borneo, middle America, New Guinea, Argentina, Antarctica plus a whole lot of other places.

Planning to visit Iceland in the summer to put tags and rings on the legs of Swans and other birds, and to see killer whales.

I also want to sample new cultures, see new people and places, experience new things and take good memories from it all.

兴趣

Birdwatching - nothing better on a crisp winter morning than watching a flock of golden plover shivering a frosty field, or male ducks dancing for the females.
Butterflying - Butterflies are my highlight of summer. Continental European butterflies are one of the unmatched joys of life.
All other animals - I love bats and whales. And fish. And mice. And everything else.
Wildlife photographing - I have spent a year and a half lugging my camera around in search of animals to photograph - my wildlife photographing flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42550055@N07/
Wildlife painting (with pencil, watercolour, acrylics or oils) - my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JamesONeillWildlifeImages
Hiking, cycling, camping, travelling. I'm not very good at swimming though, I need to get lessons so I can become a diver and study marine life.
I just adore the Aurora borealis. I could spend the rest of my life under it. It follows that I am a big fan of northern countries, but am looking forward to spending time in the tropics.

• animals
• wildlife
• birds
• fish
• insects
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• clothing
• traveling
• painting
• violin
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• swimming
• ecology
• geology

音乐、电影和书籍

Anything that inspires me or makes me feel good.
National Geographic.
I particularly love the writings of David Attenborough, as well as his films; as well as the journals of many other explorers and naturalists; Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, etc.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

My life is one of many small joys, there have been lots of good things. One that sticks out is when I called like an owl in woodland and two owl chicks landed on me, thinking I was their daddy with food for them. They allowed me to softly stroke them. Their claws hurt through my clothes though.

教，学，和分享

I can play the violin and viola, and not as well, the cello.
I can whistle very tunefully and purely.

I would like to learn how to properly throatsing (overtone singing), producing more than one note with your voice.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Ability to call in different species of birds.
A wealth of knowledge on the natural world.

我游览过的国家

Canada, France, Iceland, Ireland, United States

我居住过的国家

Belgium, United Kingdom