Garry Wilkinson is a birder based in Belfast. Garry started birdwatching as a young boy in County Down, with Corncrake and Barn Owl among his first birds. He joined the Belfast YOC and then its RSPB group before being invited to join the Northern Ireland Ornithologist Club in 1983. Garry went on to become the NIOC's treasurer, and is now its Chair. Passionate about the birds of Northern Ireland, Garry is also a life fellow of the RSPB.