Iolo Williams gave Moira Convery, Ceredigion's BTO rep, a Long Service Award at the WOS conference on Sat but I wasn't near with a camera so this re-enactment with Kelvin Jones, BTO Wales had to be staged.
Moira has also qualified for the long suffering award over the past few years with the intensification of BTO surveying especially the 4 year long Atlas which is eagerly anticipated (middle of the month says Kelvin and predicted a lot of hernias in the postal service so look-out Ian!). She has done wonders in fulfilling our County obligations even doing up to 8 BBS squares herself, some in the most inaccessible areas far from a mobile signal, and has never hectored her team of volunteers though being a Scottish ex-school teacher probably removed the need!!
Congratulations Moira and I know you'll be pleased to hear from any 'newbies' out there who want to try their hand at counting the birds….
p.s. newbies doesn't exclude oldies