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"D.A.M." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1907 Outer Hebrides American Wigeon.
"D.C.S." (Smith, D. C.) ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1897 Essex Red-footed Falcon.
"D.V." ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1871 Devon Great Snipe.
"Devoniensis" ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1861 Highland Great Bustard.
Dack, C. B. ( - ) Holt, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1888 Norfolk Nutcracker.
Dalbiac, P. H. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the two 1902 London White Storks.
Dale, H. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the HR 1902 Kent Two-barred Crossbill.
Dale, J. C. ( - ) Glanville's Wootton, near Sherborne, Dorset.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1822 Dorset Little Egret. Recorded the c.1840 Dorset Snowy Owl. Recorded the 1840 Dorset Black Stork. Saw the pre 1873 Dorset Pratincole sp.
Biography Entomologist.
Dale, Thomas ( - ) High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and preserved the 1891 Oxfordshire Night Heron.
Dalgleish, John J. ( - ) Edinburgh; Brankston Grange, Bogside Station, Alloa, Upper Forth.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1879 Forth Night Heron. Recorded the 1880 Forth Desert Wheatear.
Dallas, John E. S. ( - ) Sussex.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1922 Sussex Woodchat Shrike.
Dalmahoy, William ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1684 Dumfries & Galloway Black-winged Stilt.
Dalton ( - ) Slenningford, Ripon, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and owned the rejected 1837 Yorkshire Bulwer's Petrel.
Dalton ( - ) Slenningford, Ripon, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Inherited the rejected 1837 Yorkshire Bulwer's Petrel.
Dalton, James ( - ) Worcester College, Oxford.
Bird Notes Informed F. O. Morris about the 1846 Buckinghamshire White Stork.
Dalzell, J. ( - ) Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Shot the 1868 Cumbria Thornholm Eurasian Roller.
Biography Brewer.
Dance, W. E. ( - )
Bird Notes Found the rejected 1936 Sussex Audubon's Shearwater.
Dand, Middleton H. ( - ) Hauxley, Northumberland.
Bird Notes Picked up the dying 1868 Northumberland Red-footed Falcon.
Danford, C. G. ( - ) Reighton, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1903 Yorkshire Woodchat Shrike.
Dangerfield ( - ) Devizes, Wiltshire.
Bird Notes Preserved the rejected 1851 Dorset Darter.
Biography Fishmonger.
Daniell, Allen ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1859 Cornwall Alpine Swift.
Dansey, George Henry ( - ) Ludlow, Shropshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1834 Shropshire Squacco Heron.
Darby ( - ) Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1895 Yorkshire Little Busatrd.
D'Arcy Clark, G. ( - ) Edintore, Keith, Banffshire, Northeast Scotland.
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1892 Northeast Scotland Great Snipe.
D'Arcy Newcome, F. ( - ) Feltwell House, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1843 Hertfordshire Rock Thrush.
Darley, J. ( - ) 17, Dork Street, Hull, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Preserved and owned the 1890 Yorkshire White Stork. Shot the 1894 Yorkshire Barred Warbler.
Darlington, A. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1946 Cambridgeshire Moustached Warblers.
Darwin, Charles (1809 - 1882)
Biography William Yarrell was mentor and friend. On the Beagle voyage 1831-36. Studied medicine at Edinburgh University 1825-27 and biological studies at Christ’s College, Cambridge, 1828-31 when he graduated.
Daubaz, William ( - ) Killiow House, near Truro, Cornwall.
Bird Notes The 1846 Cornish Purple Heron was shot at his residence.
Daukes, Major A. H. ( - ) Norfolk.
Bird Notes Saw the 1928 Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatcher. Saw and recorded the 1948 Norfolk Pectoral Sandpiper.
Davenport, Henry S. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the two rejected 1903 Lincolnshire Woodchats. Saw and recorded the rejected seven 1926 Kent Serins.
Davenport, R. ( - ) Bury, Lancashire.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1864 Lancashire Little Crake in his MS. Recorded the 1878 Lancashire Black-eared Wheatear.
Davey, Guy ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1930 Norfolk Nutcracker.
Davidson ( - ) Seaton House, Aberdeenshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1847 Aberdeenshire Roller.
Biography Gamekeeper.
Davidson, G. ( - )
Bird Notes Presented the 1829 Northumberland White-billed Diver to the Newcastle Museum.
Davidson, Gilbert D. ( - ) Melrose, Berwickshire, Borders.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the two 1929 Borders Ferruginous Ducks.
Davies, Rev. Hugh (1740 - 1821) Aber, Anglesey.
Bird Notes Friend of Pennant. Recorded the 1793 Anglesey Black-winged Stilt. Recorded the flock of 1806 Anglesey Glossy Ibises.
Biography Rector of Beaumaris, 1778-1816.
Davies, Harold ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1949 Norfolk Lesser White-fronted Goose.
Davies, J. L. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1946 Pembrokeshire American Bittern. Saw the 1947 Carmarthen Ivory Gull.
Davies, Richard ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1887 Meirionnydd White-tailed Eagle.
Davies, W. B. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw one 1947 Yorkshire Red-breasted Flycatcher.
Davis, E. L. ( - ) Halwell House, Kingsbridge, Devon.
Bird Notes Informed W. Yarrell of the 1840 Devon Squacco Heron.
Davis, Howard Henry (10/5/1898 - 02/01/1974) Patchway Farm, Filton, Bristol, Avon.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1934 Devon Rose-coloured Starling. Saw and recorded the 1941 Gloucestershire Red-breasted Goose. Saw and recorded the two 1945 Gloucestershire Lesser White-fronted Geese.
Biography Farmer.
Obituary Somerset Birds 1973: 1.
Davis, J. & W. ( - ) Dartford, Kent.
Bird Notes Preserved and recorded the 1881 Kent Tengmalm's Owl.
Davis, Peter Edward (1918-2019) Bradford; Fair Isle; Cerdigion.
Biography Fair Isle’s second warden from 1957 until 1963.
Obituary British Birds 113: 121-125; FIBOR 2019: 14-16
Davis, R. P. ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1907 Essex Common Crane.
Davison, W. ( - ) Northumberland.
Bird Notes Shot the 1845 Northumberland Richard’s Pipit.
Dawes, W. E. ( - ) Denmark Hill, London.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1890 Shetland Baltimore Oriole.
Dawnay, W. ( - ) Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Killed the 1882 Yorkshire American Bittern.
Daws, William (1849 - 1929) Mansfield Museum, Nottinghamshire.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1900 Nottinghamshire Spanish Sparrow.
Biography Curator at Mansfield Museum.
Dawson, George ( - ) Carlisle, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Skinned and owned the 1876 Cumbria Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
Biography Shoemaker. Brother of John Dawson.
Dawson, J. (- ) Carlisle, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Shot the 1876 Cumbria Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
Biography Gunner. Brother of George Dawson.
Dawson, K. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1948 Yorkshire Bonaparte's Gull.
Dawson, Michael ( - ) Brighton, Sussex.
Bird Notes Saw the 1945 Somerset Rose-coloured Starling.
Dawson, Robert ( - ) Carlisle, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Shot the c.1877 Cumbria Rose-coloured Starling.
Dawson, R. Y. J. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1871 Devon Great Snipe.
Dawson, Rev. W. ( - ) Weston, Derbyshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1784 Derbyshire Rose-coloured Starling.
Biography Curate.
Day ( - ) Sussex.
Bird Notes Caught the rejected 1857 Sussex Tengmalm's Owl.
Biography Labourer.
de Broke, Willoughby ( - ) Compton Verney, Near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
Bird Notes Owned and recorded the 1854 Warwickshire Upland Sandpiper.
de Capel Brooke, R. ( - ) Northamptonshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1891 Northamptonshire White-tailed Eagle.
de Horne Vaizey, C. Olive ( - ) Maysent House, Braintree, Essex.
Bird Notes Saw the 1924 Essex White Stork.
de Hügel, A. ( - ) Torquay, Devon.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1869 Devon Little Shearwater. Recorded and owned the 1869 Devon Glossy Ibis. Recorded the 1869 Highland Snowy Owl.
De Vitre ( - ) Formosa, near Cookham, Berkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1860 Berkshire Great Snipe.
De Wett ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1875 Clyde Islands Ivory Gull.
de Winton, W. E. ( - )
Bird Notes Examined the 1908 Pembrokeshire Alpine Swift.
Dean, A. W. S. ( - ) Sudbrooke Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1941-47 Lincolnshire Blue-winged Teal.
Dear, John ( - ) Bradiston, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1824 Norfolk Scops Owl.
Delmar, C. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1890 Lincolnshire White-tailed Eagle.
Delmar, C. A. ( - ) Deal, Kent.
Bird Notes Obtained the two 1850 Kent Baillon's Crakes.
Biography Friend of F. W. Hulke, also of Deal.
Delmé Radcliffe, C. ( - ) Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1863 Wight Wilson's Storm-petrel.
Denby Wilkinson, A. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1946 Sussex Little Bunting. Saw and recorded the 1947 Sussex Richard's Pipit.
Dennis ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1856 Kent Black Stork.
Dennison, F. E. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1861 North-east Scotland Greater Spotted Eagle.
Dennistown, A. ( - ) Rosslea, Row, Dumbartonshire, Clyde.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1876 Highland Gyr Falcon.
Denny, C. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1868 Suffolk Bee-eater.
Denny, Henry (1803 - 1871) Leeds, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Sent a letter to Yarrell about the rejected 1816 Yorkshire Cream-coloured Courser. Recorded the 1837 Yorkshire Snowy Owl. Recorded the pre 1843 Yorkshire Gull-billed Tern. Informed B. R. Morris about the 1850 Yorkshire Purple Heron. Saw the rejected 1852 Yorkshire American Mottled Owl.
Biography Naturalist and entomologist. Curator of Philosophical Hall and Leeds Museum.
Dent, G. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1928 Essex White-tailed Eagle.
Derby, Edward Stanley (1775 - 1851) Knowsley Hall, Prescot, Lancashire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1807 Lancashire Collared Pratincole. Owned the c.1810 Lancashire Glossy Ibis.
Biography 13th Earl. President of the Zoological Society of London 1831-51. Had a large menagerie and museum at Knowsley Hall.
des Forges, Charles Graham (1913 - 03/03/2000) Sussex.
Bird Notes Saw the two 1948 Sussex Pectoral Sandpipers.
Biography Author of county avifauna of Sussex.
Obituary British Birds 93: 402-403.
Desvouex, H. W. ( - ) Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1852 Staffordshire Sooty Tern.
Deuchar, David ( - ) Warkworth, Northumberland.
Bird Notes Kept alive one of the five 1908 Northumberland Glossy Ibis.
Devis, Charles W. ( - ) Queen's Park, Manchester.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1865 Greater Manchester Common Crane.
Devonshire, Duke ( - ) Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
Bird Notes Owned the c.1871 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.
Dewar ( - ) Glasgow.
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1852 Clyde Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Exhibited the rejected 1863 Argyll Purple Swamphen. Exhibited and owned the 1863 Lanarkshire Northern Hawk Owl. Exhibited the 1864 Argyll Great Snipe. Owned the 1865 Outer Hebrides Gyr Falcon. Examined the 1875 Argyll American Bittern.
Biography Had travelled to Newfoundland and back (Harting 1872: 116).
Dewar, John Michael (1883 - 24/05/1941) Edinburgh.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1906 Lothian Arctic Redpoll.
Obituary British Birds 35: 105-106.
Dewey, W. F. ( - ) Taunton, Somerset.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1860 Somerset Little Bittern.
Dexter, M. ( - ) Southsea, Hampshire.
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1879 Hampshire Little Bustard.
Diamond, H. W. ( - ) Twickenham, London.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1834 Norfolk Little Egret. Owned the two rejected c.1834 Norfolk Little Bitterns.
Biography Unreliable.
Dick, A. ( - )
Bird Notes Informed Mr. A. O. Walker of the 1861 Flintshire Rose-coloured Starling.
Dickens, J. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1852 Norfolk Little Crake.
Dickinson ( - )
Bird Notes Reported the 1868 Cumbria Thornholm Eurasian Roller.
Dickinson, George ( - ) 23, Abercromby Square, Liverpool, Lancashire.
Bird Notes Recorded and owned the 1899 Anglesey Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Dickinson, John Horatio ( - )
Bird Notes Assured Col. Montagu about the 1793 North Wales Cream-coloured Courser. Informed Col. Montagu of the 1798 Oxfordshire Night Heron.
Dickson ( - )
Bird Notes Caught the 1944 Dumfries & Galloway Scops Owl.
Dickson ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1874 Lothian Roller.
Biography Gamekeeper.
Dickson, jun., John ( - ) Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1853 Yorkshire Black Duck.
Biography Gun-maker.
Digny ( - ) Dorset.
Bird Notes Saw the 1857 Dorset Cream-coloured Courser.
Dillistone ( - ) Dereham, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Kept alive the 1906 Norfolk Greater Flamingo.
Dillwyn, L. W. (1778 - 31/08/1855) Swansea, Glamorgan.
Bird Notes Owned the 1836 Gower Rose-coloured Starling. Recorded the rejected 1838 Glamorgan Hooded Merganser.
Biography M.P.
Dines, W. ( - ) Bridgewick Farm, Dengie, Essex.
Bird Notes Shot the 1890 Essex Great Bustard.
Biography Bailiff.
Ditton ( - ) Grundisburgh, Suffolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1832 Suffolk Black Stork.
Biography Surgeon.
Dix, Thomas (1830 - 11/11/1872) West Harling, Norfolk; Llwynbedr, Kenarth, Llandysail, Pembrokeshire; Near Romford, Essex.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1834 Pembrokeshire Glossy Ibis in 1869. Was presented with the 1846 Suffolk Two-barred Crossbill from Mr. Doubleday and later himself presented it to Stevenson. Recorded the c.1857 Pembrokeshire Night Heron. Examined and recorded the 1868 Pembrokeshire Night Heron. Recorded the 1868 Pembrokeshire Scops Owl. Examined and recorded the pre 1869 Pembrokeshire Little Bittern. Examined and recorded the pre 1869 Pembrokeshire Bee-eater.
Biography Farmer. Mathew (1894) p. xiv, says: 'Mr. Thomas Dix was born in 1830, at Dicklebury, near Harleston, in Norfolk, and was a friend of such well-known naturalists as Mr. Henry Doubleday, of Epping, of Mr. Edward Newman, the founder and editor for many years until his death, of the Zoologist, and was also a friend and correspondent of Mr. H. Stevenson, of Norwich, the author of the Birds of Norfolk. He was himself an accomplished and observant naturalist, and an excellent taxidermist. He was appointed agent to the Kilwendeage estate, in North Pembrokeshire, and this brought him into the county, and enabled him to interest himself in its natural history. His notes are full of value, and evince close and accurate observation. His death, at the early age of 42, can only be considered as a serious loss to the naturalists of the county. There is a memoir of him in the Zoologist for 1873, from the pen of his friend, Mr. H. Stevenson, of Norwich.'
Obituary Zoologist 1873: 3380.
Dixon ( - ) Nottinghamshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1890 Nottinghamshire Pine Grrosbeak.
Dixon ( - ) Astle Hall, Cheshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1887 Cheshire Purple Heron.
Dixon, Charles (1858 - 17/06/1926) b. and d. London.
Bird Notes Recorded the four rejected Outer Hebrides King Eiders.
Biography Author. Schooldays were spent near Sheffield, Yorkshire, then from 1880 to 1891 he was based in London, marrying a girl from Torquay in 1886. During this period he was employed by Henry Seebohm as a collector. He moved to Torquay in 1891, but returned to London in 1900.
Dobbs, Austen ( - ) Woodthorpe, Nottinghamshire.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1947 Cambridgeshire Purple Heron.
Biography County recorder.
Dobie, Herbert ( - ) Chester, Cheshire.
Bird Notes Examined the rejected c.1891 Cheshire Brown Noddy.
Dobie, William Henry ( - ) 2, Hunter Street, Chester, Cheshire.
Bird Notes Examined the c.1860 Cheshire Blue-winged Teal. Shot the 1862 Flintshire Temminck's Stint.
Biography Author of county avifauna.
Dobson, R. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the two 1934 Dorset Kentish Plovers.
Dodd, John ( - ) Harcla, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Shot the c.1842 Cumbria Gyr Falcon.
Doeg, W. H. ( - ) St Anne's Street, Manchester.
Bird Notes Owned the 1860 Lancashire Sociable Lapwing. Owned the 1878 Lancashire Black-eared Wheatear.
Doggett, Frederick ( - ) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1880 Cambridgeshire Crested Lark. Recorded and preserved the 1882 Cambridgeshire Short-toed Lark.
Biography Lack (1934: 58) after admitting this record, says: 'Harting (1872) noted that Doggett had a Crested Lark taken alive off a nest some two years before at Ibiston. This record was not generally accepted.'
Dombrain, H. A. ( - ) Westwell Vicarage, Ashford, Kent.
Bird Notes Owned the pre1825 Dublin Rose-coloured Starling. Recorded the 1879 Kent Great Bustard. Recorded the two 1880 Kent Great Bustards.
Donne ( - ) St Osyth Hall, Essex.
Bird Notes Shot the 1860 Essex Little Bustard.
Donovan, Edward (1768 - 1837) London ?
Bird Notes Owned the 1765 Cornwall Roller. Purchased the 1785 Kent Cream-coloured Courser.
Biography National author. Zoologist.
Dorrien-Smith ( - ) Tresco, Isles of Scilly.
Bird Notes Shot the 1920 Scilly Bufflehead.
Dorrien-Smith, Major Arthur A. (1876 - 1955) Tresco, Isles of Scilly.
Bird Notes Shot the 1902 Scilly Glossy Ibis. Shot the 1906 Scilly Greater Yellowlegs. Shot the 1906 Scilly Bee-eater. Shot the 1920 Scilly Lesser Yellowlegs. Saw the 1921 Scilly Lesser Yellowlegs. Saw the 1927 Scilly Greater Yellowlegs. Recorded the 1940 Scilly Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Recorded the 1942 Scilly Black Kite. Recorded the 1943 Scilly Dowitcher sp.
Biography Penhallurick (1978) says: 'Like many a shooting man, the Major was a somewhat enigmatic naturalist. He unhesitatingly shot rare birds, as did his father, under special licence to add to the Abbey collection. Containing over 250 species, the collection is now in the Isles of Scilly Museum in Hugh Town. At the same time he was deeply concerned with the conservation of the islands' breeding birds; his attempt to keep down the predatory gulls with egg-pricking parties are famous. A founder member of the Cornwall Bird-Watching and Preservation Society, he contributed many observations to its annual reports and left useful unpublished material.'
Robinson (2003) adds: 'Son of T. A. Dorrien Smith and Proprietor of Tresco 1918-1955. A keen naturalist, founder member of the Cornwall Bird Watching Preservation Society and regular subscriber to British Birds and CBWPS annual reports. Personally responsible for a number of major Scillonian bird records and at one time was the probable leading authority on several Nearctic species to Europe.'
Dorrien-Smith, Thomas Algernon (1846 - 06/08/1919) Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly.
Bird Notes Sent the 1866 Scilly Little Bittern to E. H. Rodd. Shot and sent the 1878 Scilly Purple Heron to E. H. Rodd. Owned the 1881 Scilly Common Crane. Owned the 1882 Scilly Solitary Sandpiper. Owned the 1886 Scilly White's Thrush. Shot and owned the 1887 Scilly Eskimo Curlew. Shot the 1890 Scilly Black Stork. Shot the 1891 Scilly Lesser Kestrel. Shot the 1891 Scilly Pectoral Sandpiper. Shot the 1895 Scilly Gyr Falcon. Owned the 1906 Scilly Greater Yellowlegs.
Biography Lord Proprietor 1874-1918. Relative of Mr. Augustus Pechell. J. Clark & F. Rodd, Zoologist 1906: 241-242, say: 'Mr. J. H. Jenkinson with his son, Mr. F. Jenkinson, has very greatly increased our knowledge of the local fauna. Some years ago he prepared a manuscript list of the birds of Scilly for use at the Abbey, which has been added to from time to time by Mr. T. A. Dorrien Smith, the Lord Proprietor of the islands, who for the last twenty five years has taken the keenest interest in local ornithology.'
Robinson (2003) adds: 'Proprietor of Scilly 1874 to 1918. Nephew of Augustus Smith, born Thomas Algenon Dorrien, he changed his name to Dorrien-Smith following his uncle's death in 1872. He first arrived on Scilly in 1865.'
Obituary Ibis 1919: 131.
Doubleday, Henry (1808 - 1875) Epping, Essex.
Bird Notes Shot and owned the 1846 Essex Two-barred Crossbill, also owned one from 1845 Cumbria. Owned the 1846 Suffolk Two-barred Crossbill. Owned the three rejected 1861 Essex Parrot Crossbills. Recorded the 1874 Essex Little Bittern.
Biography Entomologist. J. H. Gurney, jun., (1874-79) in the Transactions of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society, vol. ii. p. 225, gives details of the birds of Henry Doubleday's collection auctioned at the Cock Hotel, Epping on 23rd August 1871. Rarities included a Ferruginous Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Night Heron, two Baillon's Crakes and a Little Crake. It realised £275. Correspondent of T. C. Heysham.
Obituary Naturalist 1875-76: 6-7.
Douglas, David ( - ) Leith, Edinburgh.
Bird Notes Recorded and owned the 1879 Lothian Gyr Falcon.
Douglas-Home, Henry ( - ) Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire, Clyde.
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1927 Clyde Great Snipe.
Dowden, Tom ( - ) Christchurch, Hampshire, Dorset.
Bird Notes Shot the 1859 Dorset Killdeer.
Biography Salmon Association of Christchurch.
Dowell, Rev. E. W. ( - ) Jesus College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; Dunton Vicarage, Fakenham, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1820 Norfolk Squacco Heron. The 1836 Norfolk Little Bustard was recorded in his note nook. Informed H. Stevenson and identified the 1847 Norfolk Cream-coloured Courser found by Mr. Wood. The pre1845 Norfolk Roller was recorded in his MS. Shot the two 1849 Norfolk Baillon's Crakes. Owned the 1849 Norfolk Tengmalm's Owl. Informed the Zoologist about the rejected 1876 Norfolk Purple Swamphen.
Dowell's Auction Rooms ( - )
Bird Notes Sold the 1862 Caithness American Bittern initially.
Downe ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1865 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.
Dowson, C. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1844 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.
Doyle, F. A. ( - ) London.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1891 Essex Night Heron.
Drane, R. ( - ) Cardiff, Glamorgan.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1859 Glamorgan Little Bittern.
Dresser, Henry Eeles (1838 - 1915) 6, Tenterden Street, Hanover, Lonbdon; Topclyffe Grange, Farnborough, Kent; 44, Hornton Court, Kensington, London.
Bird Notes Exhibited the 1848 Kent Icterine Warbler. Owned the 1856 Greater London White-rumped Sandpiper. Exhibited the 1856 Dublin Icterine Warbler. Saw the 1860 Cornwall Greater Spotted Eagle in 1885. Examined the 1863 Lanarkshire Northern Hawk Owl. Examined the 1864 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon. Examined the 1870 London Great Bustard. Exhibited the 1870 Ceredigion Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Examined the 1874 Cornwall Little Bustard. Recorded and preserved the rejected 1874 Norfolk Pacific Golden Plover. Examined the 1883 Cornwall Upland Sandpiper. Exhibited the 1884 Norfolk Icterine Warbler. Examined the 1885 Yorkshire Desert Wheatear. Examined the two 1888 Jersey Pallas's Sandgrouse. Recorded the 1892 Essex Little Bunting. Examined the 1894 Yorkshire Arctic Redpoll.
Biography Joined his father in their timber trade business. Author of History of the Birds of Europe (1871-90), illustrated by Joseph Wolfe, J. G. Keulemans and others. Ornithologist. Joined the British Ornithologists’ Union in 1865 where his house (Tenterden Street) was used as their headquarters. Married in 1878 by Canon Tristram, another founder of the Union. He was disliked By Howard Saunders and Henry Seebohm who thought him superficial.
Correspondent of Harvie-Brown. See Ibis 1899: 663-665 about his collection which went to the Manchester Museum; also British Birds 69: 189-190.
Obituary Naturalist 1916: 25-26; Ibis 1916: 340-342; British Birds 9: 194-196; Scottish Naturalist 36: 3-4; Field 11th Dec., 1915: 978
Drew, Samuel (1765 - 1833) Stonehouse, Devonport, Devon.
Bird Notes Owned the 1826 Devon Common Crane. Preserved the 1829 Devon Little Crake. Preserved the 1831 Devon Black Stork. Owned the 1831 Devon Little Crake. Preserved the 1837 Devon Red-breasted Goose. Preserved the 1840 Devon Squacco Heron. Preserved the 1844 Devon Alpine Accentor. Preserved the 1851 Devon Great Bustard.
Drewitt ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1855 Surrey Siberian Thrush.
Drummond Hay, Henry Maurice (07/01/1814 - 04/01/1896) Seggieden, Perth, Perth & Kinross.
Bird Notes Saw the rejected seven c.1872 Perth & Kinross Two-barred Crossbills. Saw the six rejected pre1872 Perth & Kinross Pine Grosbeak. Saw and recorded the 1874 Perthshire Great Snipe. Recorded the 1879 Perth & Kinross Black-throated Thrush. Recorded the rejected 1880 Perth & Kinross Parrot Crossbill. Recorded the rejected 1885 Perth & Kinross Aquatic Warbler. Recorded the 1887 Perthshire Great White Egret.
Biography Ornithologist. Served with the Black Watch for twenty years, achieving the rank of Colonel. He was a highly skilled taxidermist who preferred to mount his own specimens. One of the original twenty members of the B.O.U. who became their first President. Correspondent of J. A. Harvie-Brown, also friend of Hugh Strickland.
Obituary Annals of Scottish Natural History 1896: 73-76; Ibis 1896: 296-298.
Drummond, R. ( - ) Blackpool, Lancashire.
Bird Notes Obtained the 1868 Lancashire Roller. Owned a Sabine's Gull whose origin was doubtful.
Dryden, Mrs. ( - ) Renwick, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Showed Macpherson the tree where the 1875 Cumbria Scops Owl was shot.
Dryden, Henry ( - ) Renwick, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Confirmed the story of the 1875 Cumbria Scops Owl.
Dryden, J. R. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1875 Cumbria Scops Owl.
Ducie ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1867 Gloucestershire Squacco Heron.
Duckworth, T. ( - ) Cumbria.
Bird Notes Saw the three 1891 Cumbria Northern Long-tailed Tits.
Duckworth, William ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1860 Cumbria Gyr Falcon.
Biography Pianoforte tuner and music dealer.
Duerden, N. ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1848 Lancashire Roller.
Duff, Joseph ( - ) Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1846 Yorkshire King Eider. Owned the two 1846 Yorkshire Gyr Falcons. Owned the 1846 Northumberland Little Bustard. Recorded the rejected 1849 Durham Spotted Sandpiper. Recorded the rejected 1850 Northumberland/Yorkshire Collared Pratincole. Recorded the rejected 1850 Durham Spotted Sandpiper. Recorded the 1850 Durham Crested Tit.
Biography Collector of birds. Twice he recorded Bedlington erroneously for Bridlington: relating to a Collared Pratincole and King Eider. Friend of Robert Calvert.
Duff, Theo ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1846 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon.
Dugmore ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the rejected 1878 Essex Purple Martin.
Dugmore, Henry ( - ) Pensthorpe, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned and recorded the 1838-39 Norfolk White-tailed Eagle.
Dunbar, J. Brander ( - )
Bird Notes Identified and recorded the rejected 1888 Moray & Nairn American Bittern.
Biography Correspondent of J. A. Harvie-Brown.
Dunbar, L. ( - ) Brawl, Thurso, Caithness.
Bird Notes Preserved the rejected 1899 Caithness Baillon's Crake. Recorded the 1890 Caithness Roller. Recorded the 1891 Caithness Roller. Recorded the 1892 Caithness Great Snipe. Recorded the two 1897 Caithness Bee-eaters.
Duncan ( - )
Bird Notes Found the 1939 Forth Sooty Tern.
Biography Fox hunter.
Duncan, Sir Arthur (1909 - 1984) Dumfries & Galloway.
Bird Notes Owned the 1943 Dumfriesshire Ivory Gull.
Obituary Scottish Birds 13: 160-162.
Duncan, D. ( - ) Montrose, Angus.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1938 Northeast Scotland Rose-coloured Starling.
Duncan, Robert ( - ) Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.
Bird Notes Shot the 1855 Northumberland Pectoral Sandpiper. Preserved two 1859 Northumberland Great Snipes. Preserved the 1871 Northumberland Great Snipe. Preserved the 1885 Northumberland Greater Spotted Eagle. Examined the rejected 1904 Northumberland Rustic Bunting.
Biography Worked between 1862 and 1909.
Duncombe, Beatrice ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1892 Yorkshire Little Crake.
Duncombe, C. W. ( - ) Helmsley, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw the 1919 Yorkshire Great Snipe.
Duncum, Robert ( - ) Cottingham, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1865 Yorkshire Rose-coloured Starling.
Biography Farmer and publican.
Dunkin, D. L. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1948 Sussex Pectoral Sandpiper.
Dunlop ( - ) Glasgow.
Bird Notes Shot the 1866 Arran Ivory Gull.
Dunlop, Eric B. (1887 - 19/05/1917) Cumbria.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1900 Cumbria Night Heron; Recorded the 1903 Cumbria Night Heron.
Obituary British Birds 11: 43.
Dunn ( - ) Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1821 Yorkshire Great White Egret.
Dunn, Joseph H. ( - c.1875) Stromness, Orkney.
Bird Notes Informed Robert Gray of the 1866 Orkney Surf Scoter. Informed Gray of the 1867 Orkney Ivory Gull. Shot the 1869 Orkney King Eider.
Biography Drowned. See Field 22nd May 1875: 514.
Dunn, Robert (1799 - 1859) Helister, Weisdale, Shetland.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1846 Shetland King Eider. Recorded and saw the 1847 Shetland Surf Scoter. Recorded the 1857 Orkney Glossy Ibis.
Biography Dealer. Animal preserver at Hull. Dealt with T. C. Heysham of Carlisle. Visited Orkney in 1831, 1833 and 1835.
Dunnet, jun., H. N. ( - ) Jupes Hill House, Wakes Colne or Dedham, Essex.
Bird Notes Shot and owned the rejected 1878 Essex Purple Swamphen.
Dunning, F. ( - ) Ellerburn, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw the 1948 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.
Biography Gamekeeper.
Dunt, R. H. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 1945 Greater Manchester Black-winged Stilt.
Dunville Lees, George S. ( - ) Woodhill, Oswestry, Herefordshire.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1884 Highland Orphean Warbler.
D'Urban, William Stewart Mitchell (29/07/1836 - 28/04/1887) b. Templemore, Co. Tipperary. 10, Claremont Terrace, Exmouth; Residence: Newport House, Countess Weir, Exeter, Devon.
Bird Notes Recorded and examined the 1856 Devon White-tailed Eagle. Examined the rejected 1887 Devon Wilson's Storm-petrel. Recorded and examined the two rejected 1887 Devon Parrot Crossbills. Saw and recorded the rejected 1890 Devon Orphean Warbler.
Biography Curator, Secretary and Librarian at Royal Albert Museum, Exeter. Used James Truscott as his taxidermist. See Ibis 1939: 67. Lived in California, USA from 1884-88. The city of Durban, South Africa was named after his Grandfather. See Jenks 2004: 122.
Durnford, W. A. (1853 - 03/07/1940) Tankersley Rectory, Elsecar, Barnsley, Yorkshire; Longparish, Hampshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and examined the two 1863 Cumbria Pallas's Sandgrouse. Examined, recorded and identified the rejected 1875 Cumbria Greater Spotted Eagle. Recorded the 1876 Cumbria Tengmalm's Owl.
Biography J. P.
Obituary Ibis 1940: 740.
Durrant, R. C. P. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1845 Sussex Gyr Falcon.
Dutt, W. A. ( - ) Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Bird Notes Examined and recorded the 1900 Suffolk Sooty Tern.
Dutton, John ( - ) Eastbourne, Sussex.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected pre 1840 Sussex Upland Sandpiper [was a Ruff]. Recorded the 1855 Wight Bee-eater. Recorded and owned the 1859 Sussex White-tailed Eagle. Recorded and examined the 1862 Sussex Little Crake. Recorded the 1867 Sussex American Bittern.
Biography Chemist.
Dutton, James (- ) Hammersmith, London.
Bird Notes Recorded and examined the 1870 London Great Bustard.
Dye, Ben ( - ) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1824 Norfolk Black-winged Stilt. Owned one of the 1890 Norfolk Pectoral Sandpipers. Saw and recorded the 1890 Norfolk Richard's Pipit. Owned the 1896 Norfolk White-winged Black Tern. Shot the 1896 Norfolk Black-bellied Dipper. Recorded the 1907 Norfolk Richard's Pipit. Recorded and owned the 1909 Norfolk Glossy Ibis. Recorded the 1913 Norfolk Glossy Ibis.
Biography Baker. Patterson (1905) says: 'Mr. Benjamin Dye, with whom my youthful rambles and scrambles after birds were taken, and whose eyesight has all but failed him in recent years, still collects, and has in his possession several good birds. A Pectoral Sandpiper, a White-winged Black Tern and others, most of them preserved by himself.' Died aged 77.
Dyer, F. ( - ) Ramsgate, Kent.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1889 Meath Ferruginous Duck. Recorded the 1895 Kent White-tailed Eagle.
Dyke, Henry ( - ) Myland, Somerset.
Bird Notes Found the rejected 1876 Somerset Demoiselle Crane.
Dymond, J. ( - ) Burntwood Hall, Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1898 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.
Dyson, W. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1886 Kent Gull-billed Tern.