Greetings to all in the forum.
With 46 years of age I'm probably a bit older than most of the other members, but from what I could see and read in the forum my interests are similar to most of you.
I grew up in an industrial town south of Lisbon in Portugal. I was used to see moorish gecko's and iberian wall lizards on my window sill and my parents greatlly helped me in my love for nature.
I spent 3 years in the Azores islands during my military service and later at the age of 22 I moved to the Netherlands and live there ever since.
I do a bit of bird waching and I've been in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Philippines and in most countries in western Europe. For about 10 years I took is easy because of my two kids but in the last years we've been going herping in Portugal, Spain, France, the Benelux, Ceuta and Greece.
Costa Rica is in the planning for next year.... I would love te revisit some places I've been before with more time and this time with a good camera.
See you all in the field,
Greetings Luis Miguel