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I am a young naturalist, passionate about birds & live near Bristol. I am 1/2 Bangladeshi & set up #Black2Nature. In Jan 2015, age 13 I realised that I never saw anyone who looked like me outdoors - never @ABA @Natures_Voice #BlackBirders #BlackBirdersWeek #BlackLivesMatter 1/ 
The first thing I did was persuade 5 Visible Minority Ethnic (VME) boys to come to my nature camp. They hadn't been to the countryside before & the 1st thing I learnt was that you have to make it relevant. A volunteer did this by comparing the speed of a Peregrine Falcon 2/
dropping before going for the kill with the speed of a formula 1 car. It was something they could relate to & understand. This had them mesmerised & after that they all engaged with nature in a different way. Eg one was scared of holding a bird in ringing but was then ecstatic 3/
