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"L.G." ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1908 Yorkshire Black Stork.
Lack, David Lambert (1910 - 1973) Cambridgeshire.
Bird Notes Saw the 1931 Norfolk Barred Warbler. Saw and recorded the 1934 Devon Rose-coloured Starling.
Biography Worked at the Edward Grey Institute. Author of The Birds of Cambridgeshire (1934). See p. 47 on old taxidermists and dealers.
Obituary British Birds 66: 299-303; 1971; Cambridgeshire Bird Club Report 1972: 5.
Laidlaw, H. ( - ) Auskerry, Orkney.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1913 Orkney Woodchat Shrike.
Laidlaw, Thomas Geddes (1858 - 05/04/1932) Duns, Berwickshire, Borders; Perthshire.
Bird Notes Examined and recorded the 1903 Perthshire Glossy Ibis. Examined and recorded the 1903 Perthshire Roller. Saw and recorded the 1930 Northumberland Little Bunting.
Biography Head of Northern Lighthouse. Visited Flannan Isles in 1904 with Wm. Eagle Clarke.
Obituary Ibis 1933: 358.
Lakin, Thomas ( - ) Everingham, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes found and owned the 1902 Yorkshire Squacco Heron.
Biography Farmer.
Lamb ( - ) Newbury, Berkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1793 Berkshire Glossy Ibis.
Biography Kept a MS. which was lent by Dr. Tomkins and was used by the Revs. Matthews as published in the Zoologist 1849: 2423 under 'Birds of Oxfordshire.' Friend and correspondent of Dr. Latham.
Lambarde, F. ( - )
Bird Notes Informed Babington about the 1872 Suffolk Little Bittern.
Lambert, Edmund ( - ) Wiltshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1775 Wiltshire Squacco Heron.
Lampard-Vachell, B. G. ( - ) Bideford, Devon.
Bird Notes Saw the 1947 Devon Snowy Owl.
Landon, J. W. ( - ) Braunton, Devon.
Bird Notes Owned the 1856 Devon Cream-coloured Courser.
Langdale, Horace Marmaduke ( - ) Compton Vicarage, Sussex.
Bird Notes Saw and owned the 1875 Wight Little Bustard. Recorded the 1893 Leicestershire American Robin. Recorded the 1900 Sussex Nutcracker.
Langford, C. N. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the rejected 1941-47 Lincolnshire Blue-winged Teal.
Langton, Herbert (1853 - 11/10/1923) 115, Queen's Road and 11, Marlborough Place, Brighton, Sussex.
Bird Notes Recorded and examined the 1880 Orkney Surf Scoter. Recorded the three 1886 Sussex Tawny Pipits. Recorded the rejected 1886 Sussex Citril Finch. Recorded the rejected 1890 Sussex Ruddy Shelduck. Examined the 1908 Sussex Spotted Sandpiper. Recorded the 1909 Sussex American Bittern. Recorded the 1909 Sussex Short-toed Lark.
Obituary Ibis 1923: 161.
Langton, Walter ( - )
Bird Notes Shot and owned the 1855 Wiltshire Cream-coloured Courser.
Lare, Daniel ( - ) Normoss, Lancashire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1853 Lancashire Night Heron.
Larkham ( - ) Roehampton, London.
Bird Notes Preserved the pre1845 Surrey White-tailed Eagle.
Larkin, Maurice ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1947 Pembrokeshire Temminck's Stint.
Latchmore, F. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the c.1890 Hertfordshire Little Bittern.
Latham, F. ( - ) Helpringham, Lincolnshire.
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1851 Lincolnshire Little Egret.
Latham, John (27/06/1740 - 1837) Eltham, Dartford, Kent.
Bird Notes Owned the 1785 Kent Cream-coloured Courser. Recorded the 1797 Buckinghamshire Night Heron. Recorded the pre1802 Cornwall Glossy Ibis. Owned the 1802 Sussex Gull-billed Tern.
Biography Elected to the Royal Society in 1775. Author of A General Synopsis of Birds (1781-85).
Obituary Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History 1: 389-390; Ibis 1931: 466-475; Magazine of Zoology & Botany 2: 385-386.
Laver, Henry ( - ) Head Street, Colchester, Essex.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1884 Essex Little Bittern. Recorded the rejected 1885 Essex Ruddy Shelduck. Recorded the 1887 Essex Great Snipe. Recorded, purchased and gave the 1885 Essex Common Crane to the museum. Recorded and examined the 1887 Essex Great Snipe. Recorded and owned the 1888 Essex Crane. Recorded the 1890 Essex White-tailed Eagle. Recorded the 1891 Essex Elmstead Spotted Eagle.
Law, Arthur ( - ) Silverdale, Lancashire.
Bird Notes Owned the c.1850 Cumbria Ivory Gull.
Law, H. B. B. ( - ) Burgh Hall, Melton Constable, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1891 Norfolk Great Bustard.
Lawrenson, John ( - )
Bird Notes Shot and stuffed the 1883 Shetland Little Bittern.
Lawson ( - ) Whaupley Inn, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw the rejected 1858 Yorkshire White Stork.
Biography Innkeeper.
Lawson, William ( - ) Brubster, Thurso, Caithness.
Bird Notes Trapped the 1876 Caithness Gyr Falcon.
Biography Gamekeeper.
Lawton ( - ) Burton Hall, Neston, Chester, Cheshire.
Bird Notes Shot and preserved the rejected c.1891 Cheshire Brown Noddy.
Laybourne, Percy ( - ) Newport, Gwent.
Bird Notes Owned the 1908 Gwent Dark-breasted Barn Owl.
Biography Solicitor.
Laycock, Edward ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1872 Lancashire Wallcreeper.
Leach ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1818 Northumberland Red-breasted Goose.
Leach, A. C. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1917 Cornwall Black-winged Stilt.
Leach, Elsie Pemberton (1888 - 1968) Cambridgeshire.
Bird Notes Saw the 1928 Cambridgeshire Nutcracker.
Biography Ringer.
Obituary British Birds 61: 554-555.
Leach, William Elford (1790 - 25/08/1836) b. Plymouth. d. Italy of Cholera.
Bird Notes Paid 25 guineas for a Shetland Snowy Owl in 1819.
Biography Leach's Storm-petrel is named in honour of him. Assistant keeper of Zoology at the British Museum.
Obituary Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History 1: 390; Jenks, 2004: 85
Leadbeater, sen., Benjamin (1773 - 1837) Brewer Street, London.
Bird Notes Bought the 1812 London Little Crake. Preserved the rejected 1824 Lincolnshire Black-winged Stilt. Preserved the 1824 Norfolk Black-winged Stilt. Preserved the 1836 Kent Tengmalm's Owl. Preserved the 1855 Hertfordshire Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1856 Berkshire Great Bustard. Preserved the 1858 Northamptonshire Little Bustard. Preserved the 1859 Norfolk Pallas's Sandgrouse. Preserved the 1867 Dorset July Squacco Heron.
Biography The Natural History business was started in London about 1800. His son John, and grandson Benjamin, continued the family business. The Cambridge Philosophical Society had their birds stuffed by him (Loudon's Magazine of Natural History 1830).
Lear, J. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1832 Cornwall Little Bustard.
Learmonth, D. H. ( - ) Horsebay, Stronsay, Orkney.
Bird Notes Shot the 1892 Orkney Great Bustard.
Biography Farmer.
Leathes, H. M. ( - ) Dovercourt, Suffolk.
Bird Notes Informed Babington about the 1878 Suffolk Snowy Owl.
Leavesly, A. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1949 Nottinghamshire Ferruginous Duck.
Leche, J. H. ( - ) Carden Park, Cheshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1868 Cheshire Scops Owl.
Lee ( - ) Sussex.
Bird Notes Shot the two 1866 Sussex Spotted Sandpipers.
Biography Gas fitter.
Lee, Elton ( - ) Boyndlie, North-east Scotland.
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1897 Northeast Scotland Lesser Kestrel.
Lee, Levi ( - ) 26, Drury Hill, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and preserved the two 1879 Derbyshire Bee-eaters.
Lee, Robert ( - ) Market Place, Thirsk, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Preserved and recorded the two 1892 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagles. Preserved and recorded the 1892 Yorkshire Lesser Kestrel. Preserved the 1895 Yorkshire American Wigeon. Preserved the 1925-26 Yorkshire Great Bustard.
Lees, Edwin ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1854 Worcestershire Red-billed Tropicbird. Recorded the 1855 Worcestershire Rose-coloured Starling.
Legg, Douglas ( - ) Weymouth, Dorset.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1853 Dorset Surf Scoter.
Leggatt, Horace B. ( - ) Titchfield, Hampshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and presented the 1875 Hampshire Red-footed Falcon to J. E. Harting.
Leigh, A. G. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1909 Warwickshire White-winged Black Tern.
Leith-Buchanan, Bart., George H. (1833 - 1903) The Mall
Bird Notes Sent a portrait of the bird he shot which was the 1851 Loch Lomond Bonaparte's Gull to the Zoologist for help in identifying it, whereby Yarrell identified it and Saunders exhibited it. Shot and recorded the 1882 Clyde Pectoral Sandpiper.
Biography Correspondent to J. A. Harvie-Brown. 4th Leith-Buchanan Baronet of Burgh St Peter, Norfolk.
Leman, J. J. ( - ) Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1882 Yorkshire White's Thrush.
Leng, Thomas ( - )
Bird Notes Obtained the 1863 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.
Leslie ( - ) Cumbria.
Bird Notes Shot the nine 1846 Cumbria Two-barred Crossbills.
Leslie ( - ) Isle of May, Fife.
Bird Notes Caught the 1934 Isle of May Dark-breasted Barn Owl.
Lesson, René Primevère (1794 - 1849)
Biography French naval surgeon who travelled widely. Artist and naturalist. Author.
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii, Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis, Least Tern Sternula antillarum and Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus are some of the species that bear his name as the author of the species.
Lever, Sir Ashton (05/03/1729 - 28/01/1788) Alkrington Hall, Greater Manchester.
Biography Businessman and collector. Friend of Captain James Cook, owning objects from his expeditions.
His collection was moved from his home to Leicester Square, London from 1775 being known as the Leverian Museum. He kept on buying all manner of objects until his money ran out. He decided to sell the contents by public lottery, but only sold 8000 tickets at a guinea each, which was way below its real value. It was James Parkinson who had the winning ticket and he decided to auction it in 7878 lots during 1806. The Earl of Derby bought 117 mounted birds of ninety-six species to form his museum at Knowsley. Twenty-five of these skins still survive at Liverpool Museum.
Leverton, H. S. ( - ) Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall.
Bird Notes Owned the 1883 Cornwall Upland Sandpiper. Owned a Cornwall Little Bustard.
Lewis, R. ( - ) Maryport, Cumbira.
Bird Notes Obtained the 1908 Cumbria Two-barred Crossbill.
Lewis, Stanley ( - ) 39, High Street, Wells, Somerset.
Bird Notes Recorded the two 1879 Somerset White-tailed Eagles. Owned and recorded the 1896 Somerset Black-winged Stilt. Recorded the 1909 Somerset Cattle Egret. Recorded the 1919 Somerset Eagle sp. Saw and recorded the 1923 Somerset Ferruginous Duck. Recorded the 1928 Somerset American Bittern. Recorded the two rejected 1931 Devon White-tailed Eagles.
Lewthwaite, William ( - ) Broadgate, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Owned the 1838 Cumbria White-tailed Eagle.
Ley, Francis ( - ) Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire.
Bird Notes Shot the c.1893 Derbyshire Whiskered Tern.
Ley, G. G. ( - ) Cumbria.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1926 Cumbria Great Snipe.
Leyland, C. J. ( - ) Haggerston Castle, Northumberland.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1897 Northumberland Bee-eater.
Leyland, R. ( - ) Halifax, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected 1824 Yorkshire Roller.
Liddell-Grainger, Henry ( - ) Ayton Castle, Berwickshire, Borders.
Bird Notes Owned the 1904 Borders Little Bittern.
Lightfoot, T. ( - ) Carlisle, Cumbria.
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1921 Cumbria Glossy Ibis.
Lilford, Lord (Thomas Lyttleton Powys) (18/03/1833 - 17/06/1896) Lilford Hall, Oundle, Northamptonshire.
Bird Notes Saw the two rejected 1848 Greater London Common Cranes. Shot the 1862 Norfolk Purple Heron. Recorded and owned the rejected c.1873 Northamptonshire Purple Swamphen. Recorded the 1880 Northamptonshire Great Snipe. Recorded and examined the 1882 Hertfordshire Rustic Bunting. Recorded the two 1883 Northamptonshire Richard's Pipits. Recorded the 1883 Northamptonshire Woodchat Shrike. Recorded the 1886 Northamptonshire Night Heron. Recorded the rejected 1887 Buckinghamshire Crested Tit. Recorded and owned the 1888 Northamptonshire Rose-coloured Starling. Recorded the 1891 Northamptonshire White-tailed Eagle. Examined the 1892 Yorkshire Little Crake. Recorded the 1895 Yorkshire American Wigeon. Recorded the rejected 1895 Cambridgeshire Brünnich's Guillemot.
Biography Author of county avifauna for Northamptonshire. One of the original twenty members of the B.O.U. under the name of Hon. Thomas Littleton Powys. Kept captive birds on his estate and even as a schoolboy at Harrow he had two Bitterns. Introduced dozens of Little Owls from Holland to the neighbouring countryside during 1888-1890.
Obituary Field 20th June 1896: 980; Ibis 1896: 593-596; Science Gossip 1896: 53; Zoologist 1896: 241-246.
Lillington ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1853 Dorset Little Bustard.
Linfoot, A. W. ( - ) Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Picked up and preserved the rejected 1908 Yorkshire Bulwer's Petrel.
Lingford, George ( - ) The Lodge, Elvanfoot, Clyde.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1891 Clyde Great Snipe.
Lister, Arthur ( - ) Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1876 Dorset Woodchat Shrike.
Lister, Clement ( - ) Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland.
Bird Notes Presented the 1849 Northumberland Tengmalm's Owl to J. Hancock.
Lister, Thomas ( - ) Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1872 Yorkshire Little Bittern. Recorded the 1885 Yorkshire Great Snipe.
Lister, William ( - ) Glaisdale, Yarm, Cleveland/Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Informed Nelson of the 1865 Yorkshire Scops Owl. Owned the 1872 Yorkshire Tengmalm's Owl.
Lister, William ( - ) Eskdale, Cumbria; Australia.
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1853 Cumbria Swallow-tailed Kite.
Biography Joiner.
Little, G. M. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1887 Dumfries & Galloway Great Snipe.
Littleboy, John E. ( - ) Hunton Bridge, Watford, Hertfordshire.
Bird Notes Recorded the escaped 1879 Hertfordshire Red-winged Blackbird. Recorded the fact that a 1883 Hertfordshire White Stork had escaped.
Livens, H. M. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1931 Wight Woodchat Shrike.
Livesey, T. R. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the two 1913 Cambridgeshire White-winged Black Terns.
Llewellyn, J. Dilwyn ( - ) Penllegare, Swansea, Gower.
Bird Notes Shot the 1859 Devon Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin.
Llewellyn, R. W. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the 200 rejected 1902 Alderney Red-breasted Flycatchers.
Llewellyn, W. ( - ) Devon.
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1859 Devon Rufous Bush Robin.
Lloyd, Bertram (14/05/1881 - 09/06/1944) London.
Bird Notes Examined the 1905 Pembrokeshire American Bittern. Examined and recorded the 1908 Pembrokeshire White-tailed Eagle.
Obituary British Birds 38: 73; Ibis 1945: 112-113.
Lloyd, C. W. ( - )
Bird Notes Preserved the 1886 Shropshire Great Reed Warbler.
Lloyd, H. Dykes ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded and owned the 1890 Shetland Baltimore Oriole.
Lloyd, James W. ( - ) Kington, Herefordshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and owned the rejected c.1846 Gloucestershire Eastern Meadowlark. Informed Forrest of the 1867 Radnorshire Squacco Heron. Recorded the rejected pre 1871 Shropshire American Bittern. Recorded and owned the 1901 Worcestershire Tengmalm's Owl.
Lloyd, L. ( - )
Bird Notes Picked up the 1928 Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatcher.
Lloyd, R. S. ( - ) Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1805 Suffolk White-tailed Eagle.
Locke, W. ( - ) Hampshire
Bird Notes Owned the rejected 1854 Dorset Hooded Merganser and presented it to Edward Hart on his 80th birthday.
Lockley, Ronald Mathias (1903 - 2000) Pembrokeshire.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1931 Pembrokeshire Ortolan Bunting. Saw and recorded the two 1933 Pembrokeshire Serins. Saw and recorded the 1936 Pembrokeshire Ortolan Bunting. Saw and recorded the 1940 Pembrokeshire Stone Curlew. Saw and recorded the 1946 Pembrokeshire American Bittern. Saw and recorded the 1946 Pembrokeshire Rose-coloured Starling.
Obituary British Birds 93: 403-404.
Lockwood, J. Alfred ( - ) Hanover Square, London.
Bird Notes Recorded the three 1875 Essex Little Bustard.
Lockyer, William ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1822 Dorset Little Egret.
Loder, John ( - ) Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1847 Suffolk Snowy Owl.
Lodge, George Edward (1860 - 05/02/1954) Lincoln, Lincolnshire; Camberley, Surrey; London.
Bird Notes Examined the Essex Scops Owl. Shot and recorded the 1902 Norfolk Lesser Grey Shrike.
Obituary British Birds 47: 270-271.
Lofthouse, R. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1863 Cleveland Pallas's Sandgrouse.
Loftus ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1836 Norfolk Little Bustard.
Logan, Thomas ( - ) Marquess of Ailsa Estate, Ayrshire.
Bird Notes Carried the rejected 1848 Ayrshire American Bittern to the Ayr Observer office.
Lombe, Edward ( - ) Melton and Wymondham, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1812 London Little Crake. Recorded the 1820 Norfolk Burlingham Squacco Heron in his MS. Owned the c.1820 Norfolk Savi's Warbler. Recordedand owned the two 1825 Norfolk Glossy Ibis in his MS. Recorded the 1826 Norfolk Ferruginous Duck in his MS. Owned one of the 1826 Norfolk Black-winged Stilts. Recorded the 1827 Norfolk Little Crake in his MS. Recorded the 1828 Norfolk Little Crake in his MS. Recorded the 1830 Suffolk Little Bittern in his MS. Owned the 1830 Norfolk Horning immature Red-footed Falcon. Recorded the 1830 Suffolk Little Crake in his MS. Recorded the two 1833 Suffolk Squacco Herons in his MS. Owned the two 1833 Suffolk Purple Herons. Recorded the c.1836 Suffolk Squacco Heron in his MS.
Biography Owned a large collection now housed at Castle Museum, Norwich, but most of it lacked data. His collection passed to his daughter, Mrs. E. P. Clarke of Wymondham, Norfolk. His Ms. notes in his copies of Bewick and Montagu are housed in Norwich Museum. See The Field of 23rd Aug., 1871: 205, with regards to the collection.
Long ( - ) Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Shot the 1888 Norfolk Pallas's Sandgrouse. Saw the three 1893 Norfolk Glossy Ibis.
Long, George ( - ) Norfolk.
Bird Notes Shot two 1888 Norfolk Pallas's Sandgrouse.
Long, James ( - ) Norfolk.
Bird Notes Shot the 1888 Norfolk Pallas's Sandgrouse.
Long, Sydney H. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1926 Essex White-tailed Eagle. Saw the 1931 Norfolk Common Crane.
Long, Dr. Sidney K. ( - ) Norfolk.
Bird Notes Reported the 1909 Norfolk Black-bellied Dipper. Saw the 1915 Norfolk Ferruginous Duck.
Long, Thomas ( - ) Flamborough, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Shot the rejected pre1888 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon.
Biography Cordeaux called him the well known bird-slayer.
Longmuir, jun., John ( - ) Aberdeen, North-east Scotland.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1851 Northeast Scotland Common Crane. Examined the 1854 Northeast Scotland American Bittern. Recorded the 1855 Northeast Scotland Eskimo Curlew.
Longworth ( - )
Bird Notes Caught the 1883 Donegal Gyr Falcon.
Lord, Edwin ( - ) Warrington, Cheshire.
Bird Notes Preserved four rejected 1863 Cheshire Spotted Sandpipers.
Lord, J. ( - ) Hull, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Saw the rejected 1946 Yorkshire Tawny Pipit. Saw the rejected 1946 Yorkshire Arctic Redpoll.
Lording, James ( - )
Bird Notes Killed the 1871 Kent May White Stork.
Lorrimer ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1864 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon.
Lort-Phillips, E. ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the 1901 Argyll Sora.
Loseby, Tim ( - ) Kent.
Bird Notes Owns the 1890 Nottinghamshire Pine Grosbeak.
Losh ( - )
Bird Notes Informed Macpherson of the 1847 Cumbria Little Bittern.
Loten, Philip W. ( - ) Easington, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1869 Yorkshire White Stork. Informed Nelson of the 1876 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle. Shot the 1877 Yorkshire Rose-coloured Starling. Preserved the 1881 Yorkshire Rustic Bunting. Preserved, owned and recorded the 1884 Yorkshire Tengmalm's Owl. Presented the 1885 Yorkshire Desert Wheatear to W. E. Clarke. Preserved the 1888 Yorkshire Pectoral Sandpiper. Received the 1888 Yorkshire Two-barred Crossbill. Preserved the 1891 Yorkshire Icterine Warbler. Preserved the 1892 Yorkshire Barred Warbler. Preserved the 1897 Yorkshire Pectoral Sandpiper. Recorded and examined the 1902 Yorkshire Little Bustard.
Biography Innkeeper. He has often mistakenly been called P. W. Lawton.
Loudon, William ( - ) North Berwick, Lothian.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1899 Lothian Rose-coloured Starling.
Lousley, E. H. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1948 Northamptonshire Greater Yellowlegs.
Loveless ( - )
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1904 Hampshire Great Snipe.
Low, George ( - ) Orkney.
Biography Clergyman. Author of Fauna Orcadensis (1813).
Low, George Carmichael (1872 - 1952)
Bird Notes Saw the escaped pair 1938 London Ferruginous Duck.
Obituary Ibis 1953: 140-142.
Lowe, E. J. ( - ) Highfields, Lenton, Nottinghamshire.
Bird Notes Saw the two 1877 Nottinghamshire Ferruginous Ducks. Saw the two 1878 Nottinghamshire Ferruginous Ducks.
Lowe, Dr. J. ( - )
Bird Notes Informed J. E. Harting of 1890 Carmarthenshire Great Bustard.
Lowe, Percy Roycroft (02/01/1870 - 18/08/1948) Stamford, Lincolnshire; London; Burley, Hampshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1888 Lincolnshire Nutcracker.
Biography BMNH. See Ibis 1935: 478.
Obituary Ibis 1949: 147-151.
Lowe, Willoughby P. ( - ) Exeter, Devon.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1943 Devon Killdeer.
Biography Curator at Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.
Lowerison, B. ( - ) Norfolk.
Bird Notes Identified and informed Gurney of 1912 Norfolk Scops Owl.
Lowndes, Edward ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1829 Greater London Purple Heron.
Lowne, Walter (1853 - 00/02/1915) 40, Fuller's Hill, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1882 Norfolk White-tailed Eagle. Preserved the 1883 Norfolk Roller. Preserved the 1884 Suffolk Great Snipe. Preserved and informed Babington about the 1885 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved the 1888 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved and recorded the 1889 Norfolk Little Bittern. Preserved the 1890 Norfolk Caspian Plover. Preserved the 1891 Norfolk Scops Owl. Owned the 1892 Norfolk Common Rosefinch. Preserved the two 1893 Norfolk Little Bitterns. Preserved the 1902 Norfolk Little Bustard. Preserved the 1904 Norfolk Serin. Preserved the 1911 Norfolk Serin.
Biography Patterson (1905) says: 'Mr. W. Lowne, the taxidermist, of Fuller's Hill, Yarmouth, should also be mentioned, as many of the rare birds noted in the following list have passed through his hands, as have many in the County collections, noteworthy among them being White-tailed Eagle (1882), Roller (1883), Pallas's Sandgrouse (1888), Little Bustard (1889; 1902), Red-footed Falcon (1901), Allen's Gallinule (1902), Glossy Ibis (1902). Mr. Lowne has been exceedingly fortunate in rearing various British birds, some of them most difficult to keep in captivity; and he has taken numerous prizes at national shows. He has reared Nightingales, Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Bearded Tits and Kingfishers; and has succeeded in keeping in confinement both Swallows and Bearded Tits for a period of over two years.'
Patterson lived next door to Lowne in the 1870s in Great Yarmouth. He died aged 62. Buried at Belton Churchyard.
Loyd, L. R. W. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1918 Devon Night Heron.
Lubbock, Rev. Richard (1798 - 25/11/1876) Larlingford, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Informed W. Yarrell of the winter 1822-3 Norfolk Little Bittern. Informed W. Yarrell of the 1822 Norfolk Black-winged Stilt. Recorded the 1830 Norfolk Baillon's Crake. Recorded and owned the 1833 Norfolk Baillon's Crake. Shot the c.1840 Norfolk Baillon's Crake.
Biography Author of Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk (1845). His memoirs are recorded in the Transactions of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society (1874-79) 2: 292-306. Vicar at Eccles, Norfolk, 1837-76.
Obituary Transactions of the Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society 1874-79 (2): 392-393.
Lucas ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1969 Sussex May Serin.
Lucas, C. J. ( - ) Burgh House, Great Yarmouth and Fleggburgh, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1858 Norfolk White Stork. Owned the 1860 Norfolk Night Heron. Owned the 1864 Norfolk Nutcracker. Bought the 1876 Norfolk Red-footed Falcon. Owned the 1885 Norfolk Little Bustard.
Biography Patterson (1905) says: 'The late Rev. C. J. Lucas, of Fleggburgh, had a collection of East Norfolk birds, including some rarities, and a great number of authentic local examples. He was rather impulsive in his choice of birds, and might have exercised greater care with regard to their bona fides, as well as their age and the state of their plumage. He patronised various bird-stuffers; but unfortunately failed to encase many of his specimens in a manner worthy their value. This collection still remains in the family, but has never been catalogued, so that with his death the history of many of the best birds has been lost - a remark that unfortunately applies to many other private collections.'
Riviere (1930) adds: 'The greater part of his collection went to Mrs. Fisher of Burgh House, Fleggburgh, Norfolk.'
Lucas, G. ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1820 Norfolk Squacco Heron.
Ludlam, J. & Son ( - ) 5, King Street, Leicester; 33, Welford Road, Leicester, Leicestershire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1885 Leicestershire Great Snipe.
Lumb, Dr. ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1868 Cumbria Thornholm Eurasian Roller.
Lumley ( - )
Bird Notes Caught the 1860 Lothian Tengmalm's Owl.
Lumsden, James F. ( - ) Aberdeen, North-east Scotland.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the two 1920 Northeast Scotland Glossy Ibises.
Lumsden, jun., James ( - ) Arden House, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire, Clyde.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1875 Argyll American Bittern.
Biography Naturalist. Correspondent to J. A. Harvie-Brown.
Luscombe, Nicholas ( - ) Kingsbridge, Devon.
Bird Notes Presented the 1805 Devon Cattle Egret to Colonel Montagu.
Luxmoore, E. ( - ) Whorlton Hall, Castle Barnard, Co. Durham.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the rejected 1957-58 Highland Red-breasted Goose.
Lyddeker, R. ( - )
Bird Notes Recorded the 1912 Kent Little Shearwater.
Lysaght, William Royse (1858 - 1945) Newport ?
Bird Notes Owned the 1913 Norfolk Yellow-breasted Bunting.
Biography Purchased the E. M. Connop collection c. 1912-13 to add to his own collection. This collection was housed at the Castleford Museum in Chepstow and in 1954 was presented by his son to the Birmingham Museum.
Lyte, Farnham M. ( - ) Brixham, Devon.
Bird Notes Owned the 1844 Devon Alpine Accentor. Shot the 1845 Devon Rose-coloured Starling.
Lywood ( - ) Manor Farm, Maddington, Wiltshire.
Bird Notes Presented the 1871 Wiltshire Great Bustard to Salisbury Museum.