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Oakes, Clifford (1894 - 13/06/1965) Burnley, Lancashire.
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1945 Lancashire Red-breasted Flycatcher.
Biography Author of Birds of Lancashire.
Obituary British Birds 58: 295-296.
Oats, Frederick ( - ) Branston Hall, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Bird Notes Shot the 1827 Lincolnshire Collared Pratincole.
O'Brien, R. ( - ) Nottinghamshire.
Bird Notes Saw the 1947 Nottinghamshire Rose-coloured Starling.
O'Dogherty, B. J. B. ( - ) Devon.
Bird Notes Recorded and saw the 1946 Devon Lesser Yellowlegs.
Ogg, William ( - ) Duffus, Elgin, Moray & Nairn.
Bird Notes Recorded the 1915 Moray & Nairn Great Snipe. Recorded and examined the 1917 Moray & Nairn Snowy Owl.
Ogilvie, Fergus Menteith (02/11/1861 - 17/01/1918) Sizewell Hall, Suffolk; 12, Park Lane, London.
Bird Notes Shot and recorded the 1890 Norfolk Red-breasted Flycatcher. Reviewed the 1892 Ruddy Shelduck invasion. Owned the three 1892 Suffolk Ruddy Shelduck. The 1912 Suffolk Squacco Heron was in this collection.
Biography Used T. E. Gunn of Norwich for the taxidermy of his collection. Owned a collection.
Obituary Ibis 1918: 303-304.
Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert (25/03/1863 - 26/07/1924) London.
Bird Notes Identified and exhibited the 1902 Durham Little Bunting. Recorded and examined the 1906 Scilly Greater Yellowlegs. Examined the 1906 Scilly Bee-eater. Recorded the 1907 Gloucestershire Nothern Willow Tit. Saw and recorded the four rejected 1908 Hertfordshire Nothern Willow Tits. Exhibited the 1910 Cork Blue-winged Teal. Examined and recorded the 1913 Northeast Scotland Red-footed Falcon. Recorded and examined the 1913 Outer Hebrides Sora.
Biography Assistant Zoologist to Bowdler Sharpe in the Bird Room at the British Museum until 1909. When Sharpe died he then took full responsibility.
Obituary British Birds 18: 104-105; Ibis 1924: 774-780.
Okill, John David (1949 - 28/05/2023) Liverpool; Shetland.
Obituary British Birds 116?L 603-604.
Oldham, Charles (16/04/1868 - 13/04/1942) b. Lincoln. Knutsford, Cheshire; Ashton-on-Mersey, Lancashire; Sale, Cheshire; 2, Warwick Villas, Chelmsford Road, Woodford; Essex House, Wellington Road, Watford, Hertfordshire; d. Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire.
Bird Notes Recorded and examined the 1860's Derbyshire Night Heron. Recorded the rejected 1892 Lancashire Ruddy Shelduck. Recorded and examined the 1892 Derbyshire Great Snipe. Recorded the 1901 Lancashire Sooty Tern. Examined the 1906 Greater Manchester Baillon's Crake. Examined the 1908 Pembrokeshire White-tailed Eagle. Saw and recorded the 1910 Anglesey American Wigeon. Saw and recorded the 1914 Caernarfonshire Ferruginous Duck. Saw the rejected 1925 Hertfordshire American Wigeon. Saw and recorded the two 1929 Hertfordshire White-winged Black Tern. Recorded the rejected 1940 Hertfordshire Lesser Grey Shrike.
Biography Visited Cley, Norfolk in May, 1910. Author of County avifauna.
Obituary British Birds 36: 15-18; Ibis 1942: 440-443.
Olive ( - ) Falmouth, Cornwall.
Bird Notes Shot the rejected pre 1866 Cornwall Ivory Gull.
Orchard, Charles ( - ) Wareham, Dorset.
Bird Notes Saw the rejected flock 1893 Dorset Black-winged Stilts.
Biography Farmer.
Orchard, Charles ( - ) Dorset.
Bird Notes Shot the 1879 Dorset Ferruginous Duck.
Biography Puntsman.
Orchard, Mark ( - ) Isle of Wight.
Bird Notes Shot the rejected 1875 Wight Crested Lark.
Orr, N. W. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1947 Kent Ivory Gull.
Osborn, Frank ( - ) Kelvedon, Essex.
Bird Notes Shot and owned the 1887 Essex Rose-coloured Starling.
Osborne ( - ) Hunstanton, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1888 Norfolk King Eider.
Osborne, F. ( - ) Horkesley, Essex.
Bird Notes His keeper shot the 1858 Essex Boxted Nutcracker. Shot the 1887 Essex Rose-coloured Starling.
Osborne, H. (1837 - 1868) Wick, Caithness.
Bird Notes Recorded the rejected pre1841 Caithness Hooded Merganser. Recorded the two rejected pre1850 Caithness Parrot Crossbills.
Biography He had seven years of bad health with the last two bedridden and died aged 31. But he left a MS. of Caithness birds which was used by Harvie-Brown and Buckley (1887).
Osman ( - ) Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Bird Notes Preserved the 1859 Oxfordshire Little Bustard.
Osman Hill, W. C. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the 1946 Lothian Black Stork.
Overend, John G. ( - c. 1876) Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Owned the 1865 Norfolk White Stork. Owned the 1868 Norfolk Red-footed Falcon. Recorded the two 1869 Norfolk Richard's Pipits. Owned the 1872 Norfolk Alpine Swift. Recorded the 1873 Norfolk White Stork.
Biography Patterson (1904, 1905) says: 'His collection was disposed of in 96 uncased lots, numbering 180 specimens on 16th June 1876 and all were guaranteed Yarmouth shot birds. Alpine Swift £2.7s.6d; Red-footed Falcon £1.0s.0d; White Stork £2.15s.0d; Brunnich's Guillemot £0.3s.6d. Specimens from his collection went to Castle Museum, Norwich.
Overton, Henry ( - ) Blakeney, Norfolk.
Bird Notes Shot the 1840 Norfolk Collared Pratincole.
Biography Fowler.
Owen, H. C. ( - )
Bird Notes Owned the 1903 Cornwall Upland Sandpiper.
Owen, Joseph ( - ) Kirkstall, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Killed the rejected 1852 Yorkshire American Mottled Owl.
Owen, J. H. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw the three rejected 1919 Essex Harlequin Ducks.
Owen, J. L. ( - ) Essex.
Bird Notes Shot the 1901 Essex Red-footed Falcon.
Owen, J. R. ( - ) Essex.
Bird Notes Owned the 1901 Essex Red-footed Falcon.
Owen, T. B. ( - ) Tedsmore Hall, Shropshire.
Bird Notes Owned the pre1836 Anglesey Night Heron.
Owens, J. O. ( - )
Bird Notes Saw and recorded the four 1948 Surrey Two-barred Crossbills.
Oxley, Admiral C. C. ( - ) Ripon, Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1826 Yorkshire Gyr Falcon. Owned the 1836 Yorkshire White-tailed Eagle.
Oxley, C. C. ( - ) Redcar, Cleveland/Yorkshire.
Bird Notes Owned the 1851 Cleveland Rose-coloured Starling. Owned two 1863 Cleveland Pallas's Sandgrouse. Owned the 1869 Cleveland White-winged Black Tern, which J. Hancock purchased.