I was born in 1976 and been birdwatching for over twenty years. From very beginning, and still, my birdwatching contains e.g. migration watching, looking for rarities and, in some terms, twitching. By keeping different ticklists (not too seriously), I can make sure that birdwatching is always great fun!

Nowadays, birdwatching is no longer just a hobby, but a way of life.

I attended an eight-month training programme arranged by Finnature in 1997. The themes were bird identification and the guidance of birdwatching groups. Working, mainly guidance, for Finnature was my full-time job ever since until March 2007, when I established my own company. Now I do guidings as a freelance. I consider myself lucky because my hobby has become my work.

In addition to guidance, photography has been an important part of my work and hobby since 2002. Then I got my first digiscoping-camera, Nikon Coolpix 4500. I still carry a digiscoping camera, despite now a DSLR camera, Canon 7D and 300/2.8 objective are the equipment I mainly use. I have also written many different bird-theme articles for magazines and newspapers and texts for some books.

In addition to Finland and Northern Norway, I have been birding in England, Israel, Hungary, Spain, India and China.