Paul Tout

Paul, a British and Irish citizen, is a naturalist and translator, and started serious birding at the age of 11 before broadening his interests to include butterflies, botany and other vertebrates. He began bird ringing at the age of 14 with the Rye Meads Ringing Group and between 1985 and 1989 he worked as an ecologist in Epping Forest in NE London. Coming to live in NE Italy in 1989, he worked as a teacher in an international school for 15 years, living in the Italian Karst close to the border with Slovenia. Paul was a founding member and first President of the Regional birdwatching and wildlife association, ASTORE-FVG with more than 200 members. He has led wildlife tours in the area since 1993, and his favourite pastime is communicating his enthusiasm for wildlife and nature to others, in the field, via the internet and via twitter.