Lee G. R. Evans
Encyclopedia
Lee Geoffrey Richard Evans is a British
birder
, author
on rare birds and bird tour leader. He lives in Little Chalfont
, Buckinghamshire
with his partner Carmel Pentecost.
Evans is a twitcher. He is one of a number of birders who have seen over 500 species in Britain
; however his principal interest is British Isles yearlisting, where he aims to see well over 300 species of bird in the wild in Britain each year. In 1996 he set a record for seeing the largest number of bird species in Britain in one year, 386.
Evans runs the British Birding Association and UK 400 Club, a group for birders interested in rare birds and twitching.
United Kingdom
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birder
Birdwatching
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, author
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on rare birds and bird tour leader. He lives in Little Chalfont
Little Chalfont
Little Chalfont is a village and civil parish in Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, England. It is situated in a small group of villages called The Chalfonts which also consists of Chalfont St Giles and Chalfont St Peter...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
with his partner Carmel Pentecost.
Evans is a twitcher. He is one of a number of birders who have seen over 500 species in Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
; however his principal interest is British Isles yearlisting, where he aims to see well over 300 species of bird in the wild in Britain each year. In 1996 he set a record for seeing the largest number of bird species in Britain in one year, 386.
Evans runs the British Birding Association and UK 400 Club, a group for birders interested in rare birds and twitching.